Transport committee  The current situation is that most dealerships have very little inventory of all vehicles.

Transport committee  I would have to see them, but they sound to be consistent. Again, just to note what Mr. Paterson said, Quebec and B.C. have significant provincial incentives. When you have a strong incentive in the market, you will see greater demand for ZEVs and therefore bigger inventories at

Transport committee  No, it does not, because mandating ZEV sales does not address a global semiconductor shortage. That will make no difference whatsoever.

Transport committee  The single most important thing that industry and my members in particular are doing right now is bringing larger vehicles to market that are electrified. Canadians and North Americans love SUVs and pickup trucks. You're seeing Ford, General Motors and Stellantis investing over $

Transport committee  When it comes to consumer incentives, we've asked for a larger federal incentive. Currently $5,000 is provided, but the challenge with the larger vehicles that are coming to market, like pickup trucks, is that they have a large battery inside them. What that means is that the cos

Transport committee  Yes, I can answer part of that. There are two components to it. First of all, no, we don't have the infrastructure. We're not even close. The federal government committed to 50,000 public chargers in the most recent budget. According to our estimates, a fully electrified fleet

Transport committee  Yes, thank you. This industry exists because we have a long history, since the 1960's, of regulatory alignment with the U.S. We build cars for a North American market. Not only has the government chosen to put in place the ZEV sales mandate, but it is out of line with the federa

Transport committee  That's correct. California is the most significant of those markets.

Transport committee  I disagree, because we align with the federal EPA, not with individual states. We can't start aligning our regulations with individual U.S. states.

Transport committee  No, because if you look at the four leading ZEV jurisdictions in the world, you see that none of them has a ZEV mandate and none of them has had issues accessing the vehicles that their consumers demand.

Transport committee  On that question, I'll pass it over to Dave Adams. He represents Honda specifically.

Transport committee  Thank you. As I've outlined in my remarks, the industry and CVMA members are investing billions into electrification. You're going to see more and more vehicles coming to market, and many of these vehicles are going to be built right here in Canada. The challenge we're seeing w

Transport committee  Sure. I'm happy to start on that. Automakers are investing hundreds of millions of dollars into, first of all, building an electric vehicle supply chain as part of the integrated North American automotive market, and with that, more resiliency is being put into the auto supply c

Transport committee  I'm absolutely happy to, and thank you for the question. I have seen commentary to that effect, but the facts are clear when you look at the automotive industry. Significant costs were incurred by companies to come up with solutions to work around the Ambassador Bridge. We saw s

Transport committee  Good morning. Mr. Chair and honourable members, thank you for the invitation to appear here today as part of the committee's important study about the state of Canada's supply chain. The Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association is the industry association representing Canad