Watch this space as we update the content with a list of questions presented to 5 of the main political parties running in the 2021 Canadian Federal Election.
A survey was sent to the 5 major parties in Canada (Liberal, Conservative, Green, NDP, and Bloc Quebecois).
Since then we have sent multiple emails and made numerous phone calls to the parties. We have made contact with all of the major parties and so far, we have received responses from both the Liberal and Conservative Parties, and we have confirmation that the Green and NDP intend to respond to the survey but require a few more days to compile their responses.
We are analyzing the results from the candidates as they come in. We will send our analysis, the raw responses, and a social media kit by the end of next week (September 10th) at the latest. *Please Note: We are pushing to get responses from parties ASAP!
Questions:
- EV Adaptation and Greenhouse Gas Reduction
- EV Industry Leadership
- Charging Infrastructure
- Affordability abd Accessibility of EV’s
- Education
Local Prince George Green Party Replies:
- A Green government will develop a national transportation strategy with a goal of reaching Zero-carbon public ground transportation everywhere in Canada by 2040. Ban the sale of all internal combustion engine passenger vehicles by 2030
- Invest $500 million in 2022-2023 rising to $720 million by 2024 to develop regional rail networks and strengthen rail connections between regions. Complete conversion of all passenger ferries to electric or hybrid systems by 2030
- Expand charging stations for electric vehicles, including all parking lots associated with Federal facilities, and including charging stations in smaller communities and rual areas. Create a National coast-tocoast electric grid for green renewable energy by building up the inter-ties needed to link existing provincial grids.
- Develop programs for encouraging the retirement of existing gas-powered vehciles, including government-funded grants for the purchase of new and used electric vehicles and ‘buy-back’ programs to encourage users to give up existing vehciles.
- Education is a provincial jurisdiction and federal government has limited ability to enact legislation or mount outreach campaigns. However, the Green budget will allocate $10 billion to post-secondary and trade school supports for such programs as the wind-turbine technician program at Northern Lights Community College in Dawson Creek.
Full political party Survey links: