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   Evan Prodromou 🎏 (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 09-Feb-2025 05:34:07 JST Evan Prodromou 🎏

   Look, if we're talking about changing our tariff structure in Canada, could we drop this ridiculous surtax on Chinese-made electric cars? We need to be decarbonizing our economy *now*.

   https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/china-electric-vehicles-tariff-trade-canada-1.7338087

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     Evan Prodromou 🎏 (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 09-Feb-2025 06:05:09 JST Evan Prodromou 🎏

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     • Christopher :coffefied:

     @Christopher the justifications are entirely protectionist, unrelated to labour or safety standards. All imported cars have to pass Canadian safety requirements.

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     Christopher :coffefied: (christopher@mastodon.coffee)'s status on Sunday, 09-Feb-2025 06:05:11 JST Christopher :coffefied:

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     @evan

     Doubt it, for pollical and security reasons.

     Plus, this is China. Knowing them, their either using low paid slave labor, cutting corners on safety, or using materials that wouldn't be considered "environmentally friendly" to get prices this low.

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     Evan Prodromou 🎏 (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 09-Feb-2025 07:05:59 JST Evan Prodromou 🎏

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     • Leefeller Guy

     @Leefellerguy Why? He's not the Prime Minister of Canada.

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     Leefeller Guy (leefellerguy@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Feb-2025 07:06:00 JST Leefeller Guy

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     @evan Sure, just ask #Musk to drop surtax on Chinese EV's.

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     Evan Prodromou 🎏 (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 09-Feb-2025 07:42:19 JST Evan Prodromou 🎏

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     • Leefeller Guy

     @Leefellerguy not at all. Glad we cleared that up!

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     Leefeller Guy (leefellerguy@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Feb-2025 07:42:20 JST Leefeller Guy

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     @evan For some reason thought this was U.S,? I was replaying to another post ir did not see the Canadian part? My apology.

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     Douglas Patriarche (dpatriarche@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 09-Feb-2025 08:04:51 JST Douglas Patriarche

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     @evan I completely agree. And if in the next few years the US gov succeeds in destroying the Canadian auto manufacturing sector, then Canada should definitely drop the tariffs on Chinese EVs and realize the benefits of better and cheaper cars. The newest EVs from Zeekr and BYD, with world-beating battery tech, look amazing

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     Evan Prodromou 🎏 (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 09-Feb-2025 10:46:57 JST Evan Prodromou 🎏

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     • Bill Minarik

     @silicatefondue

     You're wrong on the first point and right on the second. The Dodge Charger Daytona is manufactured in Windsor.

     https://www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/article/first-look-all-electric-dodge-chargers-coming-off-line-at-windsor-assembly-plant/

     There are a few EV startups, too.

     https://www.projectarrow.ca/

     https://axlev.com/

     But I agree; they should get rid of the protectionist tariffs.

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     Bill Minarik (silicatefondue@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 09-Feb-2025 10:46:58 JST Bill Minarik

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     @evan There are no Canadian-made electric cars -and unlikely to be. The cars manufactured in Ontario serve a different market all together -hence Chinese EVs and Canadian manufacturing are not in conflict. Reducing the tariff to, say, 25% on small, well-made EVs (that pass Canadian safety standards) would give Canadian consumers options they don't currently have.

     #EV #Canada #Ontario