This is one of the major problems. Since the marginal cost of production is higher, consumers will pay for this increase in production, which, it must be said, is partly artificial. The government says it will force Canadians to buy new electric vehicles, but, when asked, most Canadians say they don't want this regulation. Two out of three Canadians tell us that the regulation is not realistic.
More fundamentally, electricity demand in Manitoba is exploding. The same is true in Quebec, British Columbia and Ontario. Not only is this increase artificial, but there is also an opportunity cost. If electricity is used in a way Canadians do not want, that's a problem because we would be giving up economic development opportunities. In Quebec, several projects have been rejected. The same thing is likely to happen in other Canadian provinces, and Canadian and Quebec workers will suffer as a result.