More than half of Canadians do not support the federal government’s mandate to require all new cars sold in Canada to be electric by 2035, a recent poll finds.
Canadians across the country are “a lot more hesitant to ban conventional cars than their elected representatives in Ottawa are,” said Krystle Wittevrongel, research director at the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI), in a news release on Oct. 3.
“They have legitimate concerns, most notably with the cost of those cars, and federal and provincial politicians should take note.”
The online poll, conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the MEI, surveyed 1,190 Canadians aged 18 and over between Sept. 18 and 22. Among the participants overall, 55 percent said they disagree with Ottawa’s decision to ban the sale of conventional vehicles by 2035 and mandate all new cars be electric or zero-emissions….