Well, summer is here and the heat is on. Not just here in southern Ontario but all around the world. War in Gaza in the middle east, war in the Ukraine with Russia and now war with Iran and Israel, unless of course, there is a cease fire.
In view of what is going on we also got a televised rant from Trump, with expletives added, that hi-lighted his frustration with those who don’t listen to him (ie: Israel and Iran), not to say the rest of the world.
Never mind that President Trump is making war on most of the world economically, he has also declared himself referee-in-chief for the fracas in the middle east. Now he is off to join the likes of Mark Carney at the NATO summit, with his “Make America Great Again” red ball cap in hand. Probably going to try to sell them at the summit or give them out free to all those who made the mandatory two percent payment! (or is it five percent, the line keeps moving and the cheques never get sent).
With all these really important events unfolding I happened to listen to a video on the Toronto Sun web site by Brian Lilley today talking about Mr. Carney’s illogical plan to continue with Mr. Trudeau’s illogical legislation to make it mandatory that Canada convert to EV transportation by no later than 2035.
Seems that starting in 2026, yes, next year, sales of EV vehicles must reach no less than ten per cent of total sales or the manufacturer and/or the sales company will be penalized. This percentage of sales of EV’s is to increase each year until the target date is met and if sellers fail to reach this goal, more penalties are to be assessed. From Transport Canada’s web page we get the following: “…the Government of Canada committed to achieve 100% zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035 for all new light -duty vehicles, including interim targets of at least 20% by 2026 and at least 60% by 2030…”
Sounds like a good environmental plan right? Drive electric, save the planet. Wrong!
The information coming forth in Mr. Lilley’s video suggests, according to many expert sources, that this is yet another fantasy from you Federal Government in inaction. Canada can’t produce enough electricity or provide the infrastructure to support such an enlightened initiative, let alone create a market that the country can absorb. The fact remains that in parts of Canada these vehicles just don’t work. Manufacturers claim that once subsidies were removed by the government on the ten per cent market share now in place, sales plummeted.
As a consumer I guess we are now going to be faced with a dilemma. If you need a new vehicle, buy electric at an exorbitant price, or walk! So, here is the question: Is there going to be a buy back of all outstanding and soon prohibited internal combustion vehicles? Is this going to apply to motorcycles and farm vehicles? As they say, the devil will be in the details.
Do you have to store your old gas guzzler in a locked and secure garage some place? Will you be able to sell your old vehicle to someone else, or will that be prohibited by way of an OIC as another attack on private citizen’s property? If this sounds all too familiar, it should.
If this strategy sounds at all like that invoked against legal firearms owners you may be right. With firearms prohibitions the government took the position that it was intended to increase public safety, whatever that means. With the potential ban on internal combustion vehicles the government takes the position, rightly or wrongly, that it is to enhance environmental goals established by our former PM.
The big question is now, what comes next? The two biggest polluters out there are in my humble opinion, jet aircraft and internet servers. Together they leave a larger carbon footprint than most polluters combined to say nothing of the abuse of employee rights. So, is travel on the hit list? Or is your mobile device next on Carney’s hit list? After all it would go a long way to reduce carbon emissions, would it not?
It is sure shaping up to be a long hot summer. The wars in Europe and the middle east pale in comparison to the war on many of the property rights of Canadians. Try to stay cool, folks because summer is here and the heat is on.