Good morning.
We would like to thank the members of the Standing Committee on International Trade for their study on Canada's exports of environmental and clean technology goods and services.
Founded in 2006, Electric Mobility Canada is one of the world's leading organizations focused on the electrification of transportation. Our members range from Canadian SMEs to multinationals, including mining companies, vehicle manufacturers, electricity and charging infrastructure providers, technology companies, research centres, cities, universities, fleet managers, unions and environmental NGOs.
As such, Electric Mobility Canada is the national organization with the most experience and expertise to help advance thinking, regulation, and projects related to transportation electrification. Our members work on both components and complete electric vehicles, including cars, trucks, buses, bicycles, snowmobiles, boats or charging infrastructure. They have operations everywhere, from British Columbia to the Atlantic Provinces.
According to the “Global EV Outlook 2021”, published just a few days ago by the International Energy Agency, “Electric car registrations increased by 41% in 2020, despite the pandemic-related worldwide downturn in car sales in which global car sales dropped 6%.” According to Bloomberg's “New Energy Outlook 2020”, by 2025, EV sales will hit 10% of global passenger vehicle sales, rising to 28% in 2030 and 58% 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, “The Fast Lane: Tracking the Energy Revolution”, from Clean Energy Canada, there will be approximately 560,000 clean jobs by 2030 in Canada, almost 50% of them in clean transportation.
According to a 2020 analysis by EMC—us—a Canadian electric mobility strategy, inspired by those of B.C., California or Quebec, could generate up to $200 billion in revenue between 2021 and 2030.
We, at EMC, are convinced that with all of 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 its U.S. ally. However, there's no time to waste, since other regions, like Europe and Asia, are accelerating their investments in the EV industrial revolution.
EMC fully supports the Canadian and U.S. governments' agreement on the importance of the development of a zero-emission vehicle future and a battery strategy. That's why we recommend that Canada develops its own electric mobility strategy that includes a ZEV supply chain strategy, more charging infrastructure, ZEV rebates, education and training, and finally ZEV regulations, since voluntary measures won't be enough for Canada to reach its climate and ZEV adoption targets.
We also recommend that Canadian and American EV-related companies get access to our own strategic minerals and metals. We recommend that Canada doesn't end up just exporting its natural resources to where they will be transformed into finished products for electric vehicles, meaning that the added value will be outside the country. We recommend that Canadian EV products, technologies and services get access to the U.S. market.
With many members of EMC already exporting or about to export to the U.S., we recommend that we address the issue of the buy America act to see how both countries can work together on a North American EV strategy inspired by the one in Europe.
Finally, we recommend that we transition to green procurements as a way to help innovative companies in the EV industry in Canada and in the U.S. This is an issue that EMC addressed in its February 2021 document called “Public Procurement of Electric Vehicles, Recharging Infrastructures and Related Products/Services in Canada”.
That is why Electric Mobility Canada, in collaboration with other Canadian industry stakeholders, will formally announce in June the launch of a Canadian electric vehicle supply chain initiative to help accelerate Canada's industrial transition to transportation electrification. Later, time permitting, Electric Mobility Canada will make seven recommendations to accelerate Canada's economic recovery and exports through transportation electrification.
Thank you.