Political Discussions

@silvermouse said:

Canada is forging a “new strategic partnership” with China, its second-biggest trading partner, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday during what he called a “historic” trip to Beijing. That includes a break with the United States on tariffs, which have hit both the Canadian and Chinese economies.

Hey Edward, just wondering if the ev cars going to Canada are doing well, or ev cars at all up there. The oil has me wondering, think we get quite a bit from them.

Military's changed a lot since I was in, but hey, I guess these new guys need support, too.

@silvermouse said:

@edz said:

@silvermouse said:

Canada is forging a “new strategic partnership” with China, its second-biggest trading partner, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday during what he called a “historic” trip to Beijing. That includes a break with the United States on tariffs, which have hit both the Canadian and Chinese economies.

Hey Edward, just wondering if the ev cars going to Canada are doing well, or ev cars at all up there. The oil has me wondering, think we get quite a bit from them.

ev sales in Canada are rising, about 15% of new car sales now, largely SUVs and Teslas. I don't think Canada has been importing them from China yet, but looks like it will start to do so. The government had a program to ease the cost to consumers but it ran out of money.

USA refineries are pretty excited about the Venezuelan oil, so Canada may be seeing a drop on demand from the states soon.

Northern provinces are buying much fewer evs, probably due to lack of charging stations and the extreme cold. Sales are strongest in BC which has a more temperate climate.

That's sort of what I thought. Although I honestly didn't think the ev sales would be that good up there, have no doubt you are correct though. All that being said, it doesn't seem as if this should affect us.

Wonder what effect this will have on the parts they make for car companies here?