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Image skimmed from Plain Bicycle’s e-shop. Don’t you wish you had one of these? Wouldn’t a nice government rebate help? Dear Minister Jagmeet Singh I saw your online petition regarding tariffs on Teslas, and I agree and all, but as for the $10,000 rebate for buying a Canadian made EV instead (does such a thing even exist), can I suggest something that would have a far greater impact on reducing Canada’s transportation emissions? A $2,000 rebate on the purchase of an ebike; $3,000 on a cargo bike. The numbers may not be quite right. Maybe they’re a little low. Maybe they’re a little high. You have people who can figure out the correct amount. But the point is, for a much lower dollar amount that you are giving away on EVs, you could have a much bigger impact on greenhouse gases. EVs still do tremendous road damage and cause tire shed – more than ICEs mostly likely due to their greater weight. The biggest thing is that even a $10,000 rebate isn’t a big enough reduction on ...

  The budget survey conflated a lot of ideas which made it hard to vote accurately. For example, on “Lowering costs for people”, “cutting the gas tax” was looped in with “freezing Hydro rates, providing relief to renters and homeowners, finding more ways to help families pay the bills at the end of the month.” Although I understand many Manitobans are finding bills too high to pay, and I support the government taking steps to lower those costs as possible, I’m fully convinced that pollution pricing on carbon consumption is not the problem. Costs will keep going up as climate change worsens, causing more disasters and more instability. Hydro rates may be difficult to keep artificially low if water levels are completely unpredictable due to climate change. Food will only become more expensive as extreme weather regularly wipes out crops in entire regions. It is imperative that we do what we can to fight climate change, and research shows that pollution pricing is one of ...