I've heard this a few times, that, by mandating that you have to buy a certain type of vehicle, this in fact is more choice. I think the folks who are sending me here to represent them struggle with the idea that being forced to buy a certain type of vehicle, and to do the necessary local investments in their own home for overnight charging, is in fact a better choice for them. I find it very difficult, when I get a response rate of 98%, to come here and be told that I frankly should just ignore the will of my constituents.
They ask me a lot of follow-up questions, such as, “Where are we going to get the power?” In Manitoba, for example, I believe just yesterday the NDP government there announced a new gas-powered turbine, because at the current pace of electricity use, we're not going to have enough power. We're generally proud to have such amounts of hydroelectric power. I know that other provinces are in a similar situation.
What will be the total dollar amount for utility companies that will have to generate much more power should we go to an entirely electric vehicle fleet across this country?