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Dave Smith

  • MPP
  • Member of Provincial Parliament
  • Peterborough—Kawartha
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  • Ontario
  • Unit E 864 Chemong Rd. Peterborough, ON K9H 5Z8 dave.smithco@pc.ola.org
  • tel: 705-742-3777
  • fax: 705-742-1822
  • Dave.Smith@pc.ola.org

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  • May/8/23 5:10:00 p.m.
  • Re: Bill 71 

Thank you to the member from Whitby for that question.

We know right now that electric vehicles are something that we’re transitioning to. The federal government has said that by 2030, all new vehicles need to be electric. Ontario has an opportunity with our manufacturing might in the south and our raw materials in northern Ontario to put the two together, to have the full life cycle here in Ontario, so that you mine the materials in an ethical, green manner, you process it in Ontario in an ethical, green manner, you build it in Ontario in an ethical, green environment, and what you end up with is a global reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Ontario is the only jurisdiction in the entire world that has everything together in its borders to make sure that we lead the world in that green revolution.

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