Madam Speaker, I have heard red herring after red herring: no heat, reduction in gas tax revenue, low range and not enough charging stations. That is all the Conservatives have to offer on this. Somebody accused me of gaslighting a few moments ago in a speech. This is a gaslighting tutorial being put on by the Conservatives right now, who are trying to make everybody fearful of electric vehicles.
I want to go to a quote from earlier today from the member for Huron—Bruce. He said that we should take as an example a Ford electric truck. He said it is great if someone is just “tooting down the road” with nothing to pull behind them, but as soon as they put a trailer on it with a bit of a load, the battery does not hold. He thinks people need a combustion engine to get the job done.
I am somebody who owns one of these “tooting down the road” Ford trucks. I have had it for two years and two weeks. I have put 89,000 kilometres on this vehicle just tooting it around.