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As feds spark EV demand, advocates charge for same focus on transit, other vehicle alternatives

The federal government’s emissions reductions plan bans the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035, with the first sales targets for zero-emissions vehicles kicking in by 2026.

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI
May 30, 2022

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Recent health spending comes from Trudeau era, but fits with current Liberal focus on health prevention, lowering costs, consultants say

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Canada Strong and Free fundraising emails using ‘crisis rhetoric,’ to stoke distrust in government and media, say comms experts, pollsters

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‘Get back into shop floors’ and contrast Carney’s ‘lurch to the right,’ say NDP leadership hopefuls of party’s path forward

Accountability needed after forged documents used to smear journalist and compromise House committee

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MPs, Senators race to see who’s the slowest in Bike on the Hill

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Trump’s peace plan still has to fly

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

If Donald Trump had laid out a detailed plan for a two-state solution, complete with deadlines, he would have richly deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. There is no Nobel Ceasefire Prize.

Trump’s peace plan still has to fly

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

If Donald Trump had laid out a detailed plan for a two-state solution, complete with deadlines, he would have richly deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. There is no Nobel Ceasefire Prize.

As feds spark EV demand, advocates charge for same focus on transit, other vehicle alternatives

The federal government’s emissions reductions plan bans the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035, with the first sales targets for zero-emissions vehicles kicking in by 2026.

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