Federal rebates not enough to help Canadians with costly transition to zero-emission vehicles, say Cons, NDP

To stimulate the production of zero-emission vehicles, the government aims to ban the sale of new gas-powered light vehicles by 2035, with at least 60 per cent of light vehicle sales being zero-emission by 2030. Some opposition MPs question if the Liberals' goal of 100 per cent zero-emissions vehicle sales by 2035 can be accomplished without stronger federal incentives.
David Lametti, then-parliamentary secretary to the innovation minister, left, and then-innovation minister Navdeep Bains, pictured on June 7, 2017, testing out an electric car on the Hill that uses hydrogen power cells.
The Liberal government's target date for when all vehicles sold in Canada must be zero-emissions won’t be achievable without stronger purchasing incentives to help Canadians with the high cost of greener transportation, say Conservative and NDP MPs. “I think that the challenge … is mandating ...

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