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Freeland’s war on Chinese EVs shows hypocrisy of Liberal climate agenda
We have an opportunity to reduce the cost of EVs without taxpayer money and the government’s response is to threaten trade restrictions
On Monday, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland held a highly anticipated press conference at an auto parts plant in Vaughan, Ont., where she made the case that China is engaging in an “intentional, sate-directed policy of” flooding the market with inexpensive EVs that is harming domestic producers, and promised “clear, strong, decisive action” to counter China’s “unfair competition.”
The government’s list of potential policy options include imposing a surtax on Chinese electric vehicles, excluding them from the $5,000 EV rebates and broader investment restrictions. In other words, we’re going to try to out-commie the actual Communists by placing ever-greater limitations on Canadian trade and investment.
