The certainty the Federal Government recently gave automakers concerning Canada’s EV future has massively helped this sort of deal to be possible.

It should certainly make it more difficult for a Conservative government to come in and remove the EV rules — although history does show we shouldn’t rule out the possibility that they’ll be happy to scrap deal like this and the battery plants to fit ideological goals in Alberta (burn baby burn).

Aah yes, more cars. But those will be ecological cars! Green cars! Super good for the economy environment. That way North America doesn’t need to finance or build transit. Just buy more stuff, but green stuff!

No need to change any habit. We’ll even pay you to buy a green car. Buy a green car! It’s good for the environment! Buy buy buy! Don’t stop buying. The more we consume, the greener it gets!

Convincing people that they need EVs instead of reducing car usage is an evil genius marketing plan for car companies.

Ask me how I know we will not reach our climate target goal.