Replacing a ban on gas cars with strict new emissions standards sounds more sensible but will kill the auto industry just as effectively
Prime Minister Mark Carney, recognizing the need to act decisively to support our auto sector, has scrapped Canada’s electric vehicle (EV) mandate. Or has he? Unfortunately, close inspection shows that he merely rephrased the policy but the effect remains the same. Following the pattern of indecision and obfuscation set by his “Memorandum of Understanding” with Alberta, in which Carney sounded like he was greenlighting a new pipeline without actually doing so, the new auto policy repeals the mandate in name only.
I am really hoping that Trump does a Maduro on our WEF snake.
Meanwhile down south … The New York Times is sad!
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
The E.P.A.’s killing of the “endangerment finding” caps a year of deregulation that is likely to make cars thirstier for gas and less competitive globally, experts say.
