House to pilot pay-per-use electric vehicle charging for MPs, staff

The House has 21 electric vehicle charging stations on the Hill that MPs and staff currently use free of charge, with costs covered by Public Services and Procurement Canada.

An electric vehicle is plugged in to a charging station west of the West Block on May 1, 2019.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

April 17, 2024

MPs and staff may soon have to start paying for the cost of charging their electric vehicles on the Hill, with a new pay-per-use model set to be piloted for certain users starting this May.

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