The Green Scam

I'm $ure that tho$e who believe in green energy have their rea$on$:

Ottawa’s $5,000 EV consumer incentive is fuelling the import of Chinese-made Teslas to Canada and lining the pockets of a firm with no manufacturing presence in the country at the expense of companies that invest domestically, says a proponent of Canada's automotive industry.

“The federal government is about to launch an EV market scheme that grants companies making cars in China and Vietnam with millions of dollars in credits,” said Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association president Flavio Volpe in a social media post.

“They will sell to companies that actually make cars in Canada with Canadian parts and materials. So we can … look greener?”

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Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault used misleading data and inaccurate generalizations in defending cabinet’s electric car mandate, records show. Guilbeault’s own department acknowledged banning the sale of inexpensive gas vehicles will result in net costs of billions for drivers and “disproportionately impact” the working poor: “Amendments are estimated to have incremental zero emission vehicle and home charger costs of $54.1 billion.”

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Two provinces with the richest rebates for electric vehicles accounted for 74 percent of national sales last year, Department of Transport figures show. The department acknowledged it relied on rebates for “increasing the number of zero emission vehicles on the road.”

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General Motors said Wednesday it believes an accident with a forklift started a raging fire at its Factory Zero plant a day earlier.

‘Our initial investigation indicates a forklift accidentally punctured a container with battery materials causing the fire,’ said GM spokeswoman Tara Kuhnen. …

Both the automaker and the Detroit Fire Department said earlier they are continuing to investigate the cause of the fire that occurred in a shipping dock area and involved lithium ion batteries.

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As Guilbeault and Trudeau commit to move away from fossil fuels, let’s have a look at the new equalization payments to provinces for 2024-25 to see how energy producing provinces help support the rest of Canada. pic.twitter.com/DNN6ElyvM2

— Scott Moe (@PremierScottMoe) December 16, 2023