Kathleen Wynne vows to destroy Ontario's auto industry

[Gone_Fishin]

Will Wynne KILL Ontario’s auto sector — along with the revenue needed to fund her green dreams?

Ontario is inextricably linked to the auto industry but not for long if Kathleen Wynne has her way. She’s about to make a big push to get us all driving electric or hybrid cars, though almost none are made here, and even this pales in comparison to her next plan.





Yesterday, I discussed a Globe & Mail story that Wynne’s Environment Minister Glenn Murray all but confirmed in a speech to the Economic Club - Ontario wants you to get rid of your current car and buy an electric one.

Most of the cars sold in Ontario are not made here but this move signals to any industry that remains, you’re not welcome here.

Not a single electric car is made in Ontario. Toyota makes a Lexus hybrid in Woodstock but Wynne wants 1.7 million electric vehicles sold in the province in the next eight years. Even if they could convince one of the manufacturers to make an electric car here, it would be years before they ever rolled off the line.

Last year 778,000 new vehicles were sold in Ontario, mostly commercial vehicles with 284,000 being passenger vehicles. To reach Wynne’s goal would mean roughly three quarters of all new vehicles sold in Ontario over the next eight years would have to be electric.

If that happened, what would it do to the top selling Honda Civic, Toyota Corrolla or Dodge Grand Caravan, all made here in Ontario? It would seriously harm the future of those assembly line jobs plus other jobs in the parts sector that rely on those jobs.

The auto industry has told the government their plans are unreasonable and Murray’s response was to threaten them and tell them off.

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[The Green Barbarian]

its time for Wynne and her band of lunatics to go. Who would invest in a province being run by people this stupid? It's a joke but it stopped being funny a long time ago. Yet another province that is going to go Conservative in the next election in a big way, as the people have no choice, as the current government they have is being run by drunken sailors, just like Manitoba. What a disaster. Just unbelievable.

[frazdog]

Whatever happened to letting business decide what type of vehicles they should invest in. Believe me the auto industry will change if there is a strong demand for electric cars. Car companies already spend enormous amounts of money on researching consumer trends. Why do governments think they know better than business? Agree with GB that conservatives will win next election.

[maryjane48]

oil is on its way out. time get with the future unless of course you use your gas car gor lawn ornaments

[Dizzy1]

oil is on its way out.

It'll still be with us for many, many, many years to come.

time get with the future

The future is coming, but its not here yet.

[Walking Wounded]

oil is on its way out.

Lol not in our lifetime probably not our kids lifetime either

[alfred2]

maryjane do you walk or fly like a bird. no matter what you do oil is a part of you. shoes bikes etc. etc.saying that oil is out is just dumb.

[vegas1500]

oil is on its way out. time get with the future unless of course you use your gas car gor lawn ornaments

Yah, not in our lifetime..

[Dizzy1]

Such a "green" energy source ...

[d0nb]

The future is coming, but its not here yet.

Thanks for that.

I had to do a Startpage scan for that little gem, just to make sure it wasn't a Yogi Berra quote.

[lesliepaul]

WOW.........you would think every other vehicle sold is an electric. In reality 0.3% of vehicles sold in Canada in 2015 were electric. 0.1% in the WORLD............pretty staggering numbers that only a hypocritical tree hugging zealot could praise as "putting an end to the internal combustion engine". Not in my lifetime, my children's or grandchildren's
Someday........sure, maybe. Warmer climates will get there WELL before Canada.........batteries are still an issue in Canadian winters with a huge loss of range and that range drops further with the use of the heater.........imagine that........using your car heater in Canada.

[Smurf]

remember the original Volkswagen bug with no heat. You had to install a "Gas" heater if you wanted to keep the frost off the windows and be warm. Fossil fuels will be around for a long, long time. It will be decades before we see electric cars start to take over the market and in the end might not even be that much greener all things considered.

[jimmy4321]

There's thousands of uses for oil to be around for many decades, many uses i can't do without.
As far as fuel for vehicles go, unless gas hit $2.50/Litre it's gonna take government to encourage research and development, put out incentives, build infrastructure and essentially ram this down our throats if we are to believe the environmental impact of vehicles.
Trusting people and the market to automatically adjust when we hit that wall will probably mean us wearing gas masks.

Unfortunately it is Wynne, i`m NO fan.

[The Green Barbarian]

oil is on its way out. time get with the future unless of course you use your gas car gor lawn ornaments

Ok, thank you Marty McFly. For the rest of us that live in the real world, the statement above just makes no sense whatsoever.

[pentona]

remember the original Volkswagen bug with no heat. You had to install a "Gas" heater if you wanted to keep the frost off the windows and be warm. Fossil fuels will be around for a long, long time. It will be decades before we see electric cars start to take over the market and in the end might not even be that much greener all things considered.

I agree, Smurf. How, for instance can an electric (ONLY) car, have a decent heater in winter and ac in summer, without killing the batteries in no time? I've also heard that over the life (expected) of an all-electric car, you would have to replace the battery bank three times at least and at $2500 per changeover (presently), who would want such a vehicle?