Another Justin Trudeau-era climate policy is now history: Prime Minister Mark Carney is scrapping the electric vehicle sales mandate and replacing it with “more stringent” fuel-efficiency standards and EV purchase rebates.
Last year, Canadian politicians lowered the cost of new fossil-fuel burning passenger vehicles by thousands of dollars by scrapping the carbon price. Unsurprisingly, sales of these high-emissions cars and trucks surged by 135,000 to reach 1.8 million in 2025. If we want to avoid a full-blown climate crisis this number needs to be zero.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said that the electric vehicle deal with China is an "opportunity" for Ontario and autoworkers, despite criticism from Premier Doug Ford and the union representing Canadian autoworkers.
Speaking in Doha, Carney said there is interest in Chinese companies producing "affordable" electric vehicles in Canada.
The crisis could serve as catalyst if we make these seven pivots.
The long-predicted correction in Vancouver’s real estate market has arrived.
BC Assessment figures released this month confirm that residential values across the Lower Mainland have softened, with median single-family detached home assessments in Vancouver dropping about five per cent year over year, 10 per cent since 2022 and over 20 per cent in inflation-adjusted terms since the peak.
British Columbia’s modest climate gains are at risk after a wave of policy clawbacks this past year.
According to the province’s recent accountability report — which reflects BC’s climate data on a two-year lag — carbon pollution declined by four per cent in 2023, meaning emissions are now 9 per cent below the 2007 baseline.
This struggle, developing cooperation into coalition, is an example of the absolutely necessary UNITY that must be built among those fighting for a society that combines democratic working-class power with ecological sanity. ONLY that alliance has a chance of creating a future for our children.
