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Electric vehicle charging station — Photo: Julian Herzog, CC BY 4.0

Policy Watch|Canada

Ottawa proposes killing the ZEV sales mandate — while keeping fleet GHG rules

Canada Gazette Part I on 15 August 2026 proposes repealing the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard’s ZEV sales targets and credit system. Comment window runs to 29 October 2026. Fleet GHG rules would remain — this is not “EVs banned tomorrow.”

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Syncrude Mildred Lake plant, Alberta — Photo: TastyCakes / Jamitzky, public domain

Policy Watch|Canada

Industrial carbon stays — Alberta–Ottawa bargain softens the price path and tees up a West Coast pipeline

After the consumer fuel charge went to $0 on 1 April 2025, federal OBPS remains. A 15 May 2026 Canada–Alberta industrial carbon pathway softens the price schedule toward $140/t by 2040 and is tied to a pathway for roughly 1 Mb/d West Coast oil pipeline construction start as early as 1 September 2027.

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