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0:02
Hi there, Michael Sarabi with CPAC. Uh
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the question is actually for you,
0:06
Premier Ford, and I appreciate today's
0:08
announcement has to do with pipelines
0:10
and energy corridors, but given that
0:12
amongst the regulations being pointed
0:14
out is the EV mandate. What does today's
0:18
announcement, how does that affect your
0:20
past enthusiasm to develop battery
0:22
plants in Ontario as well as have EVs uh
0:26
manufactured in Ontario? Well, I always
0:29
believe I'm a big proponent of the the
0:30
market dictates. Uh the market will
0:33
dictate, not governments will dictate.
0:35
Uh we have to get rid of these mandates
0:38
that companies won't be able to meet
0:39
their targets. Um and let's let's
0:42
continue investing. I'm I'm confident
0:45
that uh eventually uh the EV sector per
0:49
se uh will will continue growing, but
0:53
right now uh the people are going to
0:55
decide. But let's not slow down on on
0:58
building the the battery plants and any
1:01
other EV plants, but who knows us the
1:03
best but the auto sector and they'll
1:05
they'll determine that. But we're going
1:06
to continue investing in the in the
1:08
market itself.
1:11
I'll just I'll just add a couple things.
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Uh I think Doug produces 1.2 million
1:16
cars and can Canadians buy about 1.2
1:19
million cars. So we've as a province
1:22
taken the leadership in saying we're
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going to prioritize fleet vehicles that
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are made and finished in Ontario and
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there's some great options. There's
1:29
light duty vehicles, heavy duty
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vehicles, there's hybrid vehicles and so
1:33
uh we would hope that others would look
1:35
at it in the in the same way that if the
1:37
Americans are going to take a hostile
1:39
approach I guess our auto industry I
1:41
think it's up to us to to be supportive
1:43
when it comes to electric vehicles. We
1:45
only have a very small percentage of
1:46
electric vehicles that have been
1:47
purchased in Alberta. And as I
1:49
mentioned, if we were to to try to meet
1:51
the mandate in Alberta alone, we'd have
1:53
to buy all of the low emissions vehicles
1:56
currently being produced in Ontario,
1:57
which is impossible for the entire
1:58
country to achieve, which means that
2:01
this policy is forcing us to look
2:02
outside of supporting for Ontario in
2:04
order to be able to achieve it. And I
2:06
guess the last thing I'd say is that um
2:08
we we think that we're trying to build
2:10
our hydrogen economy in Alberta. We
2:12
bought uh the Edmonton International
2:14
Airport bought a 100 Toyota Misu which
2:17
are is the passenger vehicle. We're
2:19
doing a dual fuel um a pilot with the
2:22
trucking industry. Uh CP is building
2:25
hydrogen locomotives in our province. We
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have uh hydrogen for home heating
2:29
hydrogen as well that we're looking for
2:31
electricity. But I would love to see the
2:34
Ontario manufacturers figure out a way
2:36
that we could perhaps have an hydrogen
2:38
combustion engine. I know Toyota is made
2:40
here and then that may be a way for us
2:42
to reach zero emissions targets a
2:44
different way. I think I think that we
2:46
have to allow the market and innovators
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to be able to meet the needs of of each
2:51
individual marketplace. And so I'm
2:53
hoping we can have a really constructive
2:54
conversation with Ontario about that
2:56
now. I've begun it as well with uh with
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individuals with Toyota who've been
3:00
who've been in our province and and and
3:02
so let's just have a little more
3:03
latitude to allow for the market to work
3:05
and innovation to work. That's what I
3:07
would say and I think we can all benefit
3:08
from that.
3:10
And maybe speak a little bit on that. Uh
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as Doug said or Premier Ford, pardon me,
3:14
said the um you know, the market will
3:16
drive this and I I think we're seeing
3:18
that as well. And and um we shouldn't
3:21
forget about just how integrated our our
3:23
economy is uh in interproincially, but
3:26
also across North America. And this is
3:28
maybe something for us to remember as we
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uh engage with uh the Trump
3:32
administration and the current US
3:33
administration. But we are very very
3:35
integrated. We're integrated for a
3:36
reason because it's the most efficient
3:38
to produce things. We had a steak
3:39
yesterday. Um like that animal is likely
3:42
born in Saskatchewan, finished in
3:43
Alberta, and is now sold by an Ontario
3:46
ger out here. Uh that that's how
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integrated our our Canadian economy is
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on every front. Um when it comes to uh
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manufacturing, whether they be e
3:55
vehicles, gas powered vehicles, whatever
3:56
that is, uh you're going to see that
3:58
largely happening in Ontario from a
3:59
Canadian perspective. Um but as we move
4:03
to EVs uh there is also further
4:05
integration that is occurring there.
4:06
There's rare earths uh critical minerals
4:09
that are going to come from Quebec, the
4:10
ring of fire in Ontario, but also from
4:12
Western Canada as well. We've opened a a
4:14
processing facility for rare earths of
4:16
which there's much interest around the
4:18
world that would ultimately in the
4:20
future build the battery elements for uh
4:22
just such vehicles as the market
4:24
determines uh the the outbuild of that.
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And so, you know, I I think uh often we
4:28
get um you know, thoughts that, you
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know, this is largely an impact only to
4:33
Ontario. Um but we are so very
4:35
integrated across our provinces, whether
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it's in our food production, whether
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it's in our energy uh security and and
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what we provide to other Canadians,
4:41
which was in a former question. Um or or
4:44
more generally in our our economy. Uh
4:46
when one decision is made in one part of
4:48
the country, it often has a ripple
4:50
effect in other areas whether we
4:51
recognize it or not.
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