Environment committee  Mr. Chair and committee members, thank you for the invitation to take part in your consultations on zero-emission vehicles. My name is Cedric Smith. I am an analyst with The Pembina Institute, a clean-energy think tank with offices in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia. The P

Environment committee  Absolutely. We would be strongly in support of such a regulation. I would note that your comment about the DC fast chargers is especially accurate. In terms of charging speed and charging time for vehicles that are going to a gas station, those fast charging times would be especi

Environment committee  In terms of our forecast on GHG emissions right now, transportation emissions are at about 186 megatonnes CO2 equivalent in 2018 for the transportation sector. We do actually see that declining somewhat out to 2030, largely due to the impact of the passenger automotive greenhouse

Environment committee  It definitely is possible when you look at the accelerating pace of climate change awareness and climate change knowledge and these accelerating investments that are happening in Canada and around the world. On our side at Pembina, California has the intention to ban gas vehicl

Environment committee  If I understand your question, you're referring to a quota for electric vehicle manufacturing in Canada, and that being reserved for the Canadian market. It depends on what our goals are here. If our goals are just reduced greenhouse gas emissions in Canada, I would advocate that

Environment committee  I think it's always important to consider the impacts of the pandemic and to consider the fact that Canadians are hurting right now, to take that into account when we design our environmental policies, and then to try to ensure that equity is part of those policies as much as pos

Environment committee  Yes, absolutely. Thank you so much for the question. The first thing I'd note is that, at least when we're talking about the ISED program, there are manufacturers' suggested retail price ceilings, which is generally about $45,000 to $55,000 per vehicle. We would say that this co

Environment committee  Absolutely. This is one of the main things we're recommending at the Pembina Institute when it comes to the uptake of zero-emission vehicles. One thing we have noticed in our research is that Canada has a pretty significant supply issue when it comes to zero-emission vehicles. A

Environment committee  Absolutely. I'll just quickly add on to the great remarks we just heard. Pembina Institute did some engagement with stakeholders in the affected auto sector communities. One thing we will note is that the Canadian auto sector is already in decline, so this thinking about retrain

Environment committee  Yes, absolutely. Mr. Jeneroux, if I understood the question correctly, talked about how a significant number of EV purchasers are purchasing Tesla Model 3s, which are in that luxury or higher-end segment of the electric vehicle market, and how a top-up of the iZEV program would

Environment committee  As just a bit of background, the Pembina Institute represents a national coalition of businesses looking to accelerate low-carbon solutions in trucking, especially in last-mile solutions. This is an area that is a bit more of a nascent market than the electric car area. There are

Environment committee  That's a fascinating and great question. The Pembina Institute does consider hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles within that broader electric vehicle banner. Traditionally, zero-emission vehicles are considered to be hydrogen, battery electric or plug-in hybrid electric. If yo

Environment committee  I agree.

Environment committee  First of all, with respect to that legislation, we're really encouraged to see this being put into law—the net-zero by 2050 target. I want to re-emphasize how ambitious that target is. Recent projections from the International Energy Agency state that about 50% of passenger car s

Environment committee  It's always good to be aggressive when it comes to climate.