zero emissions vehicles

Ian Sam Yue Chi, the president and CEO of the Corporation des concessionnaires d'automobiles, the province's auto dealers association, said that without the rebate, currently worth up to $7,000, some consumers won't be able to afford zero-emission electric vehicles. 

The spirit of collaboration the new Liberal-NDP deal brings to politics is encouraging, but aside from the pledge to provide dental care to low-income Canadians, it lacks ambition and won’t bring about the “transformational change we need,” said Green Party interim leader Amita Kuttner.

The global electric vehicle market is on the upswing, but Canada still lags other countries, says Colin McKerracher, the Canadian-born head of advanced transport with Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Transport Minister Marc Garneau said in an interview that the government wants to improve conditions for deployment of zero emissions vehicles, but it didn't want to set a target.