OTTAWA -- NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Canada should charge 100 per cent tariffs on Tesla vehicles for as long as its trade war with the United States continues.
He also says in a new release today that a government led by him would revive the federal government's incentive program for electric vehicle purchases.
An NDP spokesperson says the rebate would not apply to Tesla vehicles in a trade war with the U.S.
Since May 2019 the Liberal government provided up to $5,000 off the cost of a new electric vehicle but now says the funding for the program has now run out.
Some Liberal leadership candidates are promising to restore it to some degree.
Karina Gould says she would double the incentives and include gas-hybrid vehicles while Mark Carney says he would restore the rebate program but limit it to people in low- and medium-income households.
This report by was first published Feb. 10, 2025.