Mr. Speaker, the average battery in an electric vehicle contains about 286 kilograms of aluminum. The United States only makes 1% of its aluminum and also has 25% tariffs on imported aluminum. Right there, from the very beginning, we have a large proportion of an EV that has an extra 25% added to it because of a tariff. Then if Canada is importing an electric vehicle, or any vehicle for that matter, it is another 25% in tariffs.
How does the member expect any average Canadian, who cannot even afford rent these days or a house, to pay at least 50% more because of tariffs on a vehicle, let alone all the extras required to plug in an electric vehicle and redo the electrical to the house so it can take the amperage? Whoever decided all Canadians wanted EVs or even wanted to go to net zero?