While National Newswatch does not keep an archive of external articles for longer than 6 months, we do keep all articles written by contributors who post directly to our site. Here you will find all of the contributed and linked external articles from Jerome Gessaroli.
Canada’s $52-billion effort to build a domestic electric vehicle (EV) industry has so far failed to deliver on its promises. Designed as a bold plan to secure a full EV supply chain, from mining and processing to batteries and assembly, the strategy has stumbled under the weight of subsidy-driven, top-down industrial policy. The federal, Ontario, and Quebec governments set out...
This paper examines Canada’s plan to mandate that by 2035 100 percent of new vehicles sold will be zero-emission vehicles under the federal government’s Electric Vehicle Availability Standard. While electric vehicles (EVs) offer advantages over internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, concerns persist over cost, driving range, charging options, and carbon emissions during battery cell manufacturing, making mandated goals uncertain.