Seems like a no-brainer to me. Who knows if there are any complicated entanglements that would prevent us from doing so? Also, swing by China and grab a shitload of those EV’s. It’s time we gave the Canadian consumers a break.
The Saab deal is not comparable with China’s EVs imo, one difference being that the latter won’t bring jobs in Canada but rather more dependence from an authoritarian government that seeks to lay ground for future coercion. In the end, that’ll cost Canadian consumers way more than what they save with cheap EVs (that are at risk of being made by forced labor as we know).
The problem with Chinese EVs is that Chinese governments are literally subsidizing overproduction of EVs over there. Many companies are operating at a loss and are trying to dump their overproduction overseas.
Seems like a no-brainer to me. Who knows if there are any complicated entanglements that would prevent us from doing so? Also, swing by China and grab a shitload of those EV’s. It’s time we gave the Canadian consumers a break.
The Saab deal is not comparable with China’s EVs imo, one difference being that the latter won’t bring jobs in Canada but rather more dependence from an authoritarian government that seeks to lay ground for future coercion. In the end, that’ll cost Canadian consumers way more than what they save with cheap EVs (that are at risk of being made by forced labor as we know).
The problem with Chinese EVs is that Chinese governments are literally subsidizing overproduction of EVs over there. Many companies are operating at a loss and are trying to dump their overproduction overseas.