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The announcement was made jointly by Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault.
“Creating a green economy is a priority. Climate change is an opportunity to change our model,” Minister Omar Alghabra explains.
Canada is in line with Quebec, which had already announced a ban on the sale of gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035.
The $5,000 federal incentive for the purchase of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) still seems to be in place, but Minister Guilbeault points out that it will tend to disappear when the offers for these types of vehicles become affordable.
Minister Guilbeault said that advancing Canada's plan will involve accelerating the ZEV fleet in Canada. “Canada is ready to support the manufacturers,” he says.
Quebec as a model
One statistic shows that only three provinces account for almost all new zero-emission vehicles, with Quebec leading the way, followed by British Columbia and Ontario: “In 2020, 95.4% of new ZEV registrations occurred in Canada's three largest provinces.”
"Almost half of the new ZEVs registered in Canada in 2020 were registered in Quebec, 26,102 ZEVs"
– Statistics Canada
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