When an asthma attack results in an emergency room visit, pollution from gas cars isn’t always top of mind. But the connection is striking. One in seven premature deaths in Canada is attributable to air pollution, and tailpipe emissions from cars and trucks are the leading source. That’s why the federal Electric Vehicle Availability Standard is one of the most important pieces of regulation we’ll see in our generation.
The pushback also disregards the new businesses that are already building a new sector around decarbonized, electric mobility, delivering jobs, innovation, and productivity that will help the economy for decades to come. Nor can we allow opponents of the EV Availability Standard to sidestep responsibility for the devastating human, ecological, and economic impacts that we are already experiencing across the country as the climate emergency deepens.