Thread by @downtownrob88

The NordStar Capital News, aka @TorontoStar, tries below to put a shine on past and present E-vehicle policy signals emanating from the Pink Palace, but reality bites:

July 2018, his second month in office, Ford unilaterally terminates electric and hydrogen vehicle .../2

...incentives, a clear breach of contract with Tesla. The move would be described later as "unjustified targeting" and "egregious and unlawful" by an Ontario Superior Court judge, who orders Ford to pay $125,000 in court costs to multi-billionaire Elon Musk;

Ford the.../3

.. Ideologue pulled E-car vehicle chargers from GO Train stations in Nov 2018;

Ford then ended a $2.5M incentive program that helped homeowners install their own car-charging equipment;

Ford deleted E-vehicle charging station requirements in the Ontario’s Building Code. /4

Indulging yet again in disinformation, Ford contended E-car rebates subsidized millionaires. In fact, discounts applied only to vehicles with a sticker price below $60,000;

The Star editorial board glosses over the fact Ford's government took a tire iron to the E-vehicle.../5

...sector to please oil and gas interests at the expense of air quality, a fact Ford's cabinet acknowledged in its 2022 policy on carbon emissions. Whereas Ford's 2018 plan predicted a 15% carbon reduction through the adoption of E-vehicles, there were no such projected.../6

...reductions in 2022.

Ford's monstrously stupid dismantling of hundreds of renewable energy projects in 2018 looks far worse in 2022; the low-cost renewable power capacity Doug demolished will need to be replaced by an electrical system powered by greenhouse gas-emitting.../7

..carbon fuels;

Further stress to the energy system will arrive with the imminent shutdown of the Pickering nuclear reactor, which powers 16% of the province, creating a huge capacity gap that will be met only by resorting to reopening dirty gas plants closed by the Wynne.../8

...Liberals;

Ford brazenly pivoted to campaigning as a champion of E-vehicles in 2022, correctly counting on voters forgetting that in 2018, the pro-car premier scrapped an existing, Liberal-developed incentive program that provided up to $14,000 for the purchase of an E-car. /9

Such incentives exist in 8 provinces and territories, but not in Ford Nation;

More than 800 solar power installations dismantled by Ford shortly after his June 2018 election triggered a minimum $231M in cost judgments against the province;

The much ballyhooed $400 million.../10

...Ontario Carbon Trust, touted by Ford in 2018 as a significant source of emissions reductions through the development of clean tech, has never materialized and was likely never intended to become a viable program.

#CLUSTERFORD #onpoli

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