Madam Speaker, my riding has a large rural area as well as an urban area, and having a choice is very important. We have a lot of farmers who require trucks to get around. They do not have the proper infrastructure or transit to run their business otherwise. We have a lot of small businesses in our automotive industry. It would shut down a lot of businesses, so it is very important that we keep our gas-powered vehicles going.
We also have a lot of car shows, and a lot of those people cannot convert their vehicles to electric. There is a lot of pride when they are showing these vehicles. They keep them. They could have been their parents' or their grandfather's vehicles. We have to respect that for many reasons. We have to understand that everyone should have the choice to decide what car they wish to drive.