Opinion: Ottawa’s EV obsession knows no fiscal bounds

2026-02-10 - 11:05

Ottawa’s more than $50-billion worth of “investments” in electric vehicles (EVs) and battery adventures to date apparently were not enough to placate the EV faithful. With Prime Minister Mark Carney’s launch of a bluster-filled new strategy “to transform Canada’s auto industry,” we’re being hit up yet again for even more billions to recalibrate Ottawa’s demonstrably failed EV and battery schemes. Ottawa’s record-setting deficit of $78.3 billion for the current fiscal year, the largest in Canadian history, will now grow even more. Read More