FUEL EFFICIENCY
Let's not compromise our standards
You may have heard that the Trump administration is rolling back Obama Era fuel efficiency standards. Canada had jointly adopted those regulations, which require automakers to produce more efficient vehicles. In short, it has implications for not only our national carbon pollution targets but also how much we're paying at the pump.
California, which has the legal right to set its own air pollution rules, is said to be in talks with the Trump administration. The state has stated it plans to keep its stricter standards in place.
As I told the Globe and Mail last week, it’s in Canadians’ best interest that the federal government join California and the dozen other states that intend to keep the fuel efficiency standards as they are, as the auto sector had agreed to before Trump assumed office.
Failing to do so means that Canadian drivers won’t benefit from the estimated $900 per year in fuel cost savings, and carbon pollution will be significantly higher than it needs to be.
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