Oil spot price has been trending downwards, which is basically never good for Alberta.
Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???
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HavokFour
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While the EV target may be getting scrapped, bringing in more affordable EV's might also be part of the play. Could BYD and others be coming to Canada soon, and if so will they be built here too?
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Canada confirms work underway on review of tariffs on Chinese EVs, steel and aluminum
Canadian officials are reviewing whether the surtaxes applied to Chinese steel, aluminum and electric vehicles should remain at current rates.
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It has on most other auto standards
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While true, you what else is never good for Alberta? A federal LPC government.
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Carney just said something along the lines of 'we are looking at alternatives to existing EV options available in Canada today, with the hopes of more affordable options being available'.While the EV target may be getting scrapped, bringing in more affordable EV's might also be part of the play. Could BYD and others be coming to Canada soon, and if so will they be built here too?
Canada confirms work underway on review of tariffs on Chinese EVs, steel and aluminum
Canadian officials are reviewing whether the surtaxes applied to Chinese steel, aluminum and electric vehicles should remain at current rates.
That sounds alot like looking at Chinese EV options being available in Canada. Warren Buffet will be happy
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Great idea, we should look for more ways to give money to our next real adversary.Carney just said something along the lines of 'we are looking at alternatives to existing EV options available in Canada today, with the hopes of more affordable options being available'.
That sounds alot like looking at Chinese EV options being available in Canada. Warren Buffet will be happy
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Remember when Lada's and Yugo's were sold here in Canada over 40yrs ago?
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Alphabetically; British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan.
It's how Confederation works, and you know it as well as every other Canadian. It's just that Alberta, like Quebec are the squeaky wheels that get the most attention.
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@Halifax Tar I'm with you on that one and am in the same boat. Our local grid is already overloaded with all the developments they are packing in or building up on small footprints, so we already get brown outs, so only a very limited number of people could upgrade to 200A anyway as they don't have capacity.
I get the way the panel monitoring works, and how it automatically drops down to lower amps (or shuts if off) so that the panel amp stays within 100A, but can do 50A at night when load is minimal, but as a fire nerd also have seen how wrong things can go with the batteries when they do go off. I have zero interest in adding in a fire wall and changing out the windows so an EV car fire in the driveway wouldn't kill everyone in the house from just the toxic gases coming off it. Building code will eventually catch up on new builds, but that's a big gap in existing construction.
I get the way the panel monitoring works, and how it automatically drops down to lower amps (or shuts if off) so that the panel amp stays within 100A, but can do 50A at night when load is minimal, but as a fire nerd also have seen how wrong things can go with the batteries when they do go off. I have zero interest in adding in a fire wall and changing out the windows so an EV car fire in the driveway wouldn't kill everyone in the house from just the toxic gases coming off it. Building code will eventually catch up on new builds, but that's a big gap in existing construction.
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I seem to remember when Quebec ran massive deficits, had a massive debt load and high unemployment they were called a socialist fiscal basket case.
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Hoping that this translates into a lot of CDN steel going into the River’s, 2nd JSS, the Polar CCG ships and the future CDC’s.
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EV mandates, which are political, will be competing with AI demands, which are market-based, for whatever supply of electrical power is available, which takes long lead times to increase.
I predict an increase in the number of third-party auto parts manufacturers and reconditioners as people seek to keep older ICE vehicles roadworthy.
I predict an increase in the number of third-party auto parts manufacturers and reconditioners as people seek to keep older ICE vehicles roadworthy.
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Like the LSVW on a country wide scale.
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The Bloc Quebecois and PQ
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