@chris

EV price subsidies dont work well with ending tariffs on Chinese cars. And subsidies knock out Chinese EVs main purpose, driving DOWN the price of cars in Canada.

Subsidising local auto makers to help lower THEIR cost of manufacturing, drives auto makers to make cheaper cars, electric cars.

So we MUST LOUDLY DEMAND transition to electric subsidies to makers, through workers.

@chris

Carney could identify thousands of workers as "at risk to trumps tariffs" or something, guarantee half their union pay if they are hired to advance a battery electric vehicle economy. For example.

Purchase subsidy in Canada isnt selling cars.

Yay cheap Chinese EVs. Drive costs down. Yay local EV production.

Other methods may work better, have fewer flaws, but lowering local vehicle cost is a PRIMARY goal, in the transition.

#climate #ev #cdnpoli

@kevinrns @chris

I still think the best option is for the Federal Government to create a crown corporation building EV's and selling them domestically at cost... it guarantees jobs in Canada and it makes EV's cheap in Canada (since the crown corporation can be mandated to produce non-luxury EV's).

Plus the total cost would be a fraction of what was spent on TMX with significantly more benefits for Canadians.