Ugh. This is almost a good idea. I’ve been saying for years that there should not have been a tax benefit for ZEVs, it should have been a sliding benefit based on various efficiency measures, including both L/100km and Le/100km. That would encourage smaller cars in addition to electric ones.
“But why give the discount to smaller, cheaper cars? They’re already so cheap?”
Because it provides that much more incentive against the large, heavy, inefficient cars that are unsafe and waste gas/electricity. Those cars cost society the most via injury, pollution, etc. They should get no benefit from the taxpayer.
also since the idea is to reduce our footprint overall, shouldnt we at least offer a tax deduction or incentive to people who walk, bike, or take public transit rather than owning a vehicle in the first place?
i already know the real answer to that question, but i just felt like saying it outloud.
It is terrible to see evil winning all over the world.
People are whining, but Canadians keep buying bigger and bigger trucks, not EVs. 91% of sales are still ICE.
You don’t need mandates forcing us to buy shitty EVs. Remove petrol subsidies to $2/L like Europe and suddenly, EVs make sense. And if they don’t then you fucking deserve to be poor.
But CDNs are fucking idiots. I bought a hybrid in 2021 that could not sell because gas was 99 cents a litre, truck sales took off because gas will be 99 cents forever, right? With fuel savings, that hybrid is free by 2027. Free car. No one does the math of purchase price + 10 year fuel costs, and any salesman will tell you, NOBODY asks about fuel economy. Then they cry on the CBC news when their Canyonero takes $200 to fill twice a week.
We almost lost Canada’s sovereignty in the last election because people would rather be the USA than pay the carbon levy.
This is 100% on idiot voters.
