Ottawa axes EV mandate, relaunches rebates program with new auto strategy
- APMA
- Feb 9
- 1 min read
Sydney Ko, iPolitics
Feb 5, 2026
The policy choice drew praise from APMA President Flavio Volpe, who said Ottawa is finally using the size of the Canadian market itself as a lever.
“The Canadian market has more buyers than units we produce,” Volpe said in an interview. “If Canadians benefit from buying Canadian-built vehicles, that helps companies change their production programs, bring higher-technology vehicles here, and make them available to Canadians.”
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