Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson said the Liberal government is keeping its tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, despite a strong desire for more affordable EVs.
I blame the car companies more than anyone - especially those who already operate in Canada and already make better EVs for Europe, UK and other countries.
They could easily add those models to their Canadian offerings, but they choose not to.
That is a very different situation than BYD who has never operated here.
There are other options for affordable EVs that don’t involve heavily subsidized Chinese vehicles.
and yet these are closed to the CDN market.
I blame the car companies more than anyone - especially those who already operate in Canada and already make better EVs for Europe, UK and other countries.
They could easily add those models to their Canadian offerings, but they choose not to.
That is a very different situation than BYD who has never operated here.