Pull the plug on the Zero Emissions Vehicle mandate until we’ve got clarity on trade. That’s the advice from industry watcher Brian Livingston. The Institute’s Senior Fellow has crunched the numbers and warns hundreds of thousands of Canadians won’t be able to buy the car they need.
Pull the plug on the Zero Emissions Vehicle mandate until we’ve got clarity on trade. That’s the advice from industry watcher Brian Livingston. The Institute’s Senior Fellow has crunched the numbers and warns hundreds of thousands of Canadians won’t be able to buy the car they need.       Â
November 18, 2025 – The federal government is expected to unveil proposed changes to its electric vehicle sales mandate this winter. The upcoming announcement comes as Canada’s 2026 Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) mandate – requiring 20 percent of new light-vehicle sales to be electric – faces mounting evidence it was unlikely ever to be met, […]
• Until September 5, 2025, when it was waived by Prime Minister Carney, Canada’s federal Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) mandate for 2026 required 20 percent of new light-vehicle sales to be ZEVs, equivalent to 380,000 units. This paper shows why the federal government had to waive the requirement. Based on projected sales of 1.9 million […]
Published in The Hill Times. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s 60-day review of the federal zero-emission vehicle mandate, and the waiver of its 20-per-cent sales requirement for next year, has sparked plenty of debate. But what does hitting the brakes really mean for Canadians? It’s a chance to reflect and to ask whether the mandate, as […]
October 30, 2025 – Canada’s heavy reliance on energy trade with the United States and its limited interprovincial connections come at a growing cost to Canadians. A new report from the C.D. Howe Institute argues that now is the time to integrate the country’s electrical grids. In “Powering the Federation: A Blueprint for National Electricity […]
Canada’s heavy reliance on energy trade with the United States and its limited interprovincial connections come at a growing cost to Canadians. This is why now is the time to integrate the country’s electrical grids.
September 9, 2025 – Canada’s labour market faces major shifts – from technological change to new trade models and the energy transition – making better planning essential to help workers adapt. A new C.D. Howe Institute report finds that while many of the skills needed to shift into emerging jobs in a lower-carbon economy are […]
While many of the skills needed to shift into emerging jobs in a lower-carbon economy are already present among Canadian workers, persistent mismatches and gaps in technical knowledge, problem-solving, and critical thinking remain.
From: Brian LivingstonTo: Canadian Trade NegotiatorsDate: September 2, 2025Re: Aluminum Tariffs Canada supplies over half of the aluminum available in the United States (see chart).  These sales of 2.8 million tonnes/year of raw aluminum from Canada to the US take place under agreements made between many companies. However, disrupting those business plans, the United States […]
From: Benjamin Dachis and Daniel LangTo: The Hon. François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue and The Hon. Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural ResourcesDate: June 26, 2025Re: Tax Changes Needed to Unlock Private Capital for Ontario’s Electricity Grid Canada’s net-zero targets demand massive electricity distribution infrastructure investment. Ontario’s municipal financing structure – […]
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Pull the plug on the Zero Emissions Vehicle mandate until we’ve got clarity on trade. That’s the advice from industry watcher Brian Livingston. The Institute’s Senior Fellow has crunched the numbers and warns hundreds of thousands of Canadians won’t be able to buy the car they need. 
Pull the plug on the Zero Emissions Vehicle mandate until we’ve got clarity on trade. That’s the advice from industry watcher Brian Livingston. The Institute’s Senior Fellow has crunched the numbers and warns hundreds of thousands of Canadians won’t be able to buy the car they need.        
• Until September 5, 2025, when it was waived by Prime Minister Carney, Canada’s federal Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) mandate for 2026 required 20 percent of new light-vehicle sales to be ZEVs, equivalent to 380,000 units. This paper shows why the federal government had to waive the requirement. Based on projected sales of 1.9 million […] 
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Canada’s heavy reliance on energy trade with the United States and its limited interprovincial connections come at a growing cost to Canadians. This is why now is the time to integrate the country’s electrical grids. 
September 9, 2025 – Canada’s labour market faces major shifts – from technological change to new trade models and the energy transition – making better planning essential to help workers adapt. A new C.D. Howe Institute report finds that while many of the skills needed to shift into emerging jobs in a lower-carbon economy are […] 
From: Brian LivingstonTo: Canadian Trade NegotiatorsDate: September 2, 2025Re: Aluminum Tariffs Canada supplies over half of the aluminum available in the United States (see chart).  These sales of 2.8 million tonnes/year of raw aluminum from Canada to the US take place under agreements made between many companies. However, disrupting those business plans, the United States […] 
From: Benjamin Dachis and Daniel LangTo: The Hon. François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue and The Hon. Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural ResourcesDate: June 26, 2025Re: Tax Changes Needed to Unlock Private Capital for Ontario’s Electricity Grid Canada’s net-zero targets demand massive electricity distribution infrastructure investment. Ontario’s municipal financing structure – […]