As Canadians start to take their summer vacation, Canada\u2019s NDP is calling on Premier Ford and Prime Minister Trudeau to ensure electric vehicle (EV) chargers are available and reliable across Northern Ontario and Canada, as promised in the federal government\u2019s Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program. The call comes in response to reports of chargers across Northern Ontario, specifically Marathon, White River and Wawa, being out of service, leaving drivers stranded along the highway.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s absurd to think that drivers would be stranded without access to a recharging station for a month,\u201d said NDP MP Carol Hughes, (Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing). \u201cIn one case, in White River, the issue was due to a damaged transformer, which is an unfortunate but reasonable issue; however the fact that this EV charger has been out of service since April is unreasonable. \u00a0As for the chargers at the Petro-Canada stations in Marathon and Wawa that were down, the company has not provided any reasons as to why they weren\u2019t in service.”<\/p>\n
In 2018, Ford scrapped provincial rebates for EV charging stations, as well as removed many across the province. The federal government continues to provide subsidies to private companies to install EV charging stations, requiring a reliability guarantee to be eligible for the subsidy. To date, companies with broken stations have not been held accountable.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has been a failure of both the provincial and federal governments. The electric vehicle economy Trudeau loves to talk about won\u2019t take off without the infrastructure there,\u201d said NDP MP Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay). \u201cTime and time again, we\u2019ve heard promises from this Liberal government on their commitment to a clean energy transition, but fail to provide the infrastructure and reliability needed for people to go out and buy electric vehicles. Trudeau and Ford need to step up and take this seriously. The country and our planet can\u2019t wait any longer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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