3 days ago
Swift News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Thursday that his party will focus on pushing the Liberals to repeal the electric vehicle sales mandate during the coming parliamentary sitting.
Poilievre said the Conservatives plan to introduce motions, petitions and other "pressure campaigns" to repeal the policy that is set to come into force next year.
"The electric vehicle mandate that the Liberals are imposing on Canadians is a complete and utter disaster," Poilievre said during a news conference in Corman Park, Sask.
"Conservatives are launching a nationwide campaign, including in the House of Commons, to force the Liberals to back down … on the gas vehicle ban."
The mandate requires the number of new zero-emission vehicles sold in Canada to hit 20 per cent by next year, 60 per cent by 2030 and 100 per cent by 2035 in order to help the country hit its emission-reduction targets.
Poilievre has been calling on the Liberals to walk back the mandate for months.
"It's time to put Canadians back in the driver's seat so they can decide what life they want to live," he said Thursday.
