Premier Doug Ford says Prime Minister Mark Carney’s deal with China on electric vehicles has hurt Ontarians and the two have not spoken since.

Ford says he was disappointed Carney did not give him a heads-up about a potential deal before the prime minister’s trip to China last week.

Carney struck a deal with China last week to allow up to 49,000 electric vehicles to receive a vastly reduced tariff rate of 6.1 per cent as they come into Canada in exchange for dropping tariffs on Canadian canola and some seafood.

Ford and Carney became fast friends after the latter’s win to become prime minister in the spring.

  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
    15·
    20 hours ago

    The main problem is that 49000 is much too small a number given the rate at which Canadians are buying cars.

    CDNs bought 1.9M cars in 2025. 20% were pickups. EV sales are about 8%. This is why Carney agreed to this, it won’t make any real difference and we get back $5B in canola sales to China, and yet the Skippy supporters have sand in their vaginas about this deal.

    • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
      2·
      11 hours ago

      I didn’t buy an EV in 2025 because they’re too expensive for what you get.

      Then again, I also didn’t buy a pickup in 2025 because they’re too expensive for what I need.

      Cheap commuter EV? As long as it’s cheaply repairable, I’m in. I don’t expect that to be the case, sadly.