Is Canada’s electric vehicle industry on a collision course?

The new Carney government and our provincial governments must take stock of the decline in the automotive manufacturing sector, and ask if the push to electrify the manufacturing base is in the long-term best interests of Canadians.

Moves from the U.S. represent an existential threat to Canada’s EV investments, and the viability of the large battery plants under various stages of planning and construction in Ontario and Quebec, writes Joseph Fournier.Photograph courtesy of Noya Fields/Flickr

Opinion

BY JOSEPH FOURNIER

May 15, 2025

While United States President Donald Trump’s trade war continues to grab all the headlines, Canada’s electric vehicle industry may be steaming toward an iceberg, due mainly to shifts in policy south of the border.

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