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If you want to understand why Canada's west coast ports have become uncompetitive, read and weep the decision statement by then-Minister Guilbeault that approved the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 with *370* conditions after a 10 year review assessment process.
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Expansion of Canada's most important port subject to 54 pages of environmental hoops.
Don't tell me this was a judicious amount. Don't argue that it wasn't excessive. Image

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Dec 19, 2023
The federal government released their EV mandate today. Of all the Soviet-style, top-down, market-defying policies they have implemented this year, this may be the most egregious. It restricts, then prohibits, the sale of non-ZEVs by 2035 /1
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Some of the obvious problems with this scheme:
It privileges a certain technology (EVs) over lowering emissions, so that for example a Ford F-150 lightning is allowable but a Honda Civic is not. This disregards life cycle emissions and other environmental considerations /2
Unlike the US EPA new tailpipe emissions standards, which are very ambitious, Canada’s regs control what dealers and manufacturers can sell. The EPA incentivizes lower emissions, leaving more room for other options like hydrogen, clean fuels, hybrids etc/3 eesi.org/articles/view/…
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