Ottawa’s electric vehicle mandate threatens the car industry in Canada

APMA
Jun 26, 2025
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Flavio Volpe, Toronto Star

June 23, 2025

As the government remains committed to their ZEV goals, the industry will be weakened by penalties as the policy’s goal remain out of reach based on current sales figures. In this opinion piece for the Toronto Star, Flavio argues that the policy needs to be “recalibrated.”

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