Thank you, Madam Chair.
Good morning. We want to thank the members of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology for its study on green economic recovery from COVID-19.
My name is Daniel Breton and I'm the president and chief executive officer of Electric Mobility Canada, or EMC.
Founded in 2006, Electric Mobility Canada is one of the first organizations in the world dedicated to electric mobility. Our members include electricity providers, mining companies, vehicle manufacturers, charging infrastructure providers, technology companies, research facilities, cities, universities, fleet managers, unions, and non-governmental organizations, or NGOs.
Electric Mobility Canada is the national organization with the most experience and expertise to help drive the discussion, regulations and projects related to transportation electrification in Canada.
According to the 2021 ECCC report, Canada’s GHG emissions have decreased by only 1% in the 14 years between 2005 and 2019. Now that Canada’s new target is to lower our GHG emissions between 40% and 45% by 2030 compared with our 2005 emissions, this means that we will have to lower our greenhouse gas emissions by at least 39% in nine years, which is both ambitious and feasible.
According to a recently released report by Health Canada, the total economic cost of all of the health impacts from air pollution for the year is $120 billion. This is the equivalent to about 6% of Canada's real gross domestic product in 2016. It represents 15,300 premature deaths, which is eight times the death toll of car accidents in Canada. In addition to being a major emitter of GHGs, transportation is also a significant source of air pollution in Canada, accounting for 31% of its black carbon emissions, 33% of its carbon monoxide emissions and 41% of its nitrogen oxide emissions.
According to the Electric Vehicle Outlook 2020 from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, EV growth, from passenger cars to light trucks to heavy duty trucks, will be exponential in the years to come. Passenger EV sales jumped from 450,000 in 2015 to 2.1 million in 2019. They are expected to reach 8.5 million in 2025 and 26 million by 2030. Worldwide EV sales should grow from 2.7% in 2020 to 10% in 2025, 28% in 2030 and 58% or more in 2040.
According to a newly released report by TD Economics, it is estimated that by 2050 between 312,000 and 450,000 of Canada’s current 600,000 direct and indirect jobs in oil and gas could become casualties of falling demand for fossil fuel as more countries and companies commit to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
According to another report from Clean Energy Canada, there will be approximately 560,000 clean jobs by 2030. Almost 50% of these jobs will be in clean transportation.
According to a 2020 analysis by Electric Mobility Canada, a Canadian electric mobility strategy inspired by those of B.C., Quebec or California, could generate up to $200 billion in revenue between 2021 and 2030.
Therefore, accelerating the transition to zero-emission vehicles from light to heavy duty will help save thousands of lives and billions of dollars for Canadian taxpayers every year while creating quality Canadian jobs from B.C. to Atlantic Canada.
As we come out of the COVID-19 crisis, will Canada take advantage of the fight against climate change and air pollution to create jobs through a recovery plan in a high-tech sector such as electric mobility, or will Canadians have to import all of their electric vehicles, batteries and technologies from elsewhere and therefore miss the boat on high quality, high-paying, long-term jobs?
At EMC, we are convinced that, with all its expertise plus its natural and human resources, Canada is in a perfect position to become a world leader in electric mobility in partnership with our U.S. ally, but there is no time to waste since other regions like Europe and Asia are really accelerating their support towards the EV industrial revolution.
Lastly, Electric Mobility Canada, together with other Canadian industry stakeholders, will be announcing the launch of a Canadian electric vehicle supply chain alliance by June, to contribute to Canada's industrial transition. In addition, we'll soon be releasing a report on the current status of transportation electrification in Canada.
Over the next two hours, with your permission, Electric Mobility Canada can recommend seven ways to speed up economic recovery through electric mobility.
Thank you.
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