Tag: Government of Canada

EV

Pay-Out Pauses: Canadian Government to pause $5k federal EV incentive

Ottawa, Ontario — The Government of Canada has now announced that its iZEV federal electric vehicle incentive program will be suspended before March 31, 2025. In this way, buyers looking to purchase an EV following this date will no longer benefit from the current $5,000 credit. Additionally, Quebec is set to reduce its provincial incentives […]

January 10, 2025

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A Crime-Stopping Connection: Government of Canada partners with INTERPOL to help prevent continued auto thefts

Ottawa, Ontario — On November 25, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs announced up to $3.5 million in funding for project “Drive Out,” a joint initiative with INTERPOL to help combat transnational organized vehicle theft. According to a government statement, the recent funds will be distributed over the […]

November 29, 2024

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Public Problem: Canadian Government and Transport Canada issue public survey for vehicle theft solutions

Ottawa, Ontario — The Federal Government and Transport Canada are asking the public for their solutions to the nation’s auto theft problem via an online public government survey. In collaboration with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), the online public survey is open until 2:00 p.m. ET […]

August 27, 2024

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Money Meetings: Minister Boissonnault meets with FLMM to discuss funding for trades

Toronto, Ontario — On June 17th, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, met with other members of the Forum of Labour Market Ministers (FLMM) to discuss funds for increasing access to skilled trades in the country. This meeting marked the second for the year and during the session, Boissonnault […]

June 18, 2024

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Security Summit: Government of Canada announces National Summit on combating auto theft

Ottawa, Ontario — On January 21, the Government of Canada announced that a National Summit on combating auto theft will take place on February 8 in Ottawa. According to initial details, the goal of the summit is to bring together leaders from key jurisdictions across the automotive and transportation industry, as well as government sectors, […]

January 22, 2024

EV

Goodbye, Gas: Canadian government banning all new gas-powered car sales by 2035

Ottawa, Ontario — The Canadian federal government has announced it will ban sales of all new gas-powered cars by 2035. How Canada will plan to reach this ambitious goal is not currently disclosed at this time, but Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says the Federal government will do whatever it takes to pave the way for […]

June 30, 2021

Financial

Rural Roadways: Federal government to invest $250 million in rural transit

Ottawa, Ontario – The Government of Canada announced $250 million to help rural communities with transit issues. Today, the minister of infrastructure, Catherine McKenna and the minister of rural economic development, Maryam Monsef announced $250 million dollars over five years in order to develop more transit options for Canadians living in remote areas. This fund […]

March 29, 2021

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AIA looking for answers on PFOA

By CRM Staff    Toronto, Ontario — June 19, 2018 — The Government of Canada and the North American auto industry are both looking for information from the aftermarket on Pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (PFOA).    The two parties are specifically looking for answers to the particular use of PFOA compounds in the automotive sector in North […]

July 19, 2018