A majority of Canadians have doubts in the green plan of Ottawa: the objective of selling only vehicles to zero issues by 2035 is deemed “unrealistic” and doomed to failure.
According to a light survey of 1617 respondents, the majority estimates that the government of Mark Carney should abolish this rule.
Almost 71 % of respondents mentioned that the federal objective is unrealistic and will cost too much. It should simply be canceled.
On the other hand, only 29 % believe that it is a necessary objective which must be maintained despite the challenges it poses.
Andrew Enns, executive vice-president at Léger, said that, compared to the last time that this question was asked in September 2023, the proportion of people judging the realistic objective had decreased by six percentage points.
The online survey was led from August 1 to 4. Online surveys cannot be accompanied by a margin of error since they are not based on a random sampling of the population.
Even in Quebec, he said, a province where research shows that voters are generally more sensitive to environmental issues, the proportion of people estimating realistic policy has dropped by around 18 points.
“People are becoming more and more skeptical,” said Enns.
The Minister of the Environment Benoit Charrette mentioned in June that Quebec could review its targets while the chances of seeing 2 million electric vehicles (VE) on our roads by 2030 are thin.
“It is a perfect storm, in a few months, which invites us to review our targets a little,” said the Quebec Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette, in a report of VAT Nouvelles. In a few months, we went from a growing market to a market that is currently hesitant. »»