These are for-profit companies. It's not expected that they'll bear the cost, but it's a really overlooked factor in the entirety of the cost. It seems like the development of an EV system is supposed to be such a cheap enterprise.
When we look at the compliance system, a company like Tesla—an American, Elon Musk-owned company—is one of the few that are simply creating credits because they are not manufacturing hybridized or gas-powered, ICE, vehicles as well as EVs.
Under the proposed, although paused, system and moving forward, will Canadian automakers be paying companies like Tesla millions of dollars to buy these compliance credits if they're not able to sell enough EVs?