Scrap the Carney Tax
Conservatives will immediately scrap the Carney tax that will add a $20,000 tax on gas-powered cars starting next year.
Under the Carney Liberals, the number of gas-powered vehicles that can be sold will be limited starting in 2026. Manufacturers who dare to sell more than the Liberal quota will be hit with a $20,000 per vehicle tax. This cost will inevitably be passed on to Canadians making cars more expensive. Within a decade, the Liberals will go further and ban gas-powered cars completely.
This is completely out of touch with the lives of Canadians. The CAA found that electric vehicles lose up to 40% of their battery life in cold weather between -7°C to -15°C. While winters in cities like Winnipeg and Thunder Bay are getting colder, Mark Carney is focused more on ideological crusades than on the daily realities Canadians face.
The Canadian Journal of Economics estimates that the Liberal mandate will cost 38,000 auto sector jobs and up to $138.7 billion in lost revenue.
Conservatives will scrap this mandate and allow Canadians to choose what cars they buy, and we will support the auto sector by axing the GST on made in Canada cars.