(Montréal) Québec solidaire (QS) is asking the Government of Québec to bring forward by five years, that is from 2035 to 2030, the end of the sale of gasoline vehicles.
Posted at 6:57 a.m.
And in the face of Quebec’s predicted inability to meet its climate goals, as noted by the Chair in Energy Sector Management at HEC Montreal, the second opposition in the National Assembly also calls on the government to ban vehicle advertising. the most polluting such as sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and trucks.
Québec solidaire’s environmental manager, Émilise Lessard-Therrien, believes that these are simple and effective proposals to tighten the screws on a polluting industry that does not hesitate to spoil collective efforts, writes- her in a statement released on Tuesday.
The member for Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue believes that it is worth attacking advertisements that promote the most polluting options, which monopolize a good part of the market and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG ).
The spokesperson for Québec solidaire, Manon Massé, believes that the sooner the deadline for the end of the sale of gasoline vehicles will arrive, the more automakers will offer electric options. She invites the government to put pressure on the choices that will be offered to consumers in this transition, which is more than necessary, in her opinion.
In its report entitled The State of Energy in Quebec 2022 published last Thursday, the Chair of Energy Sector Management at HEC Montreal pointed out that after the COVID-19 pandemic had reduced sales of petroleum products by 11% in Quebec in 2020 compared to 2019, consumption will return to 2019 levels if the economic recovery and sales of gas-guzzling vehicles continue. The report claimed that the craze for large vehicles and growth in freight transport accounted for most of the increase.
In 2020, electric vehicles represented only 7% of the market compared to 71% for light trucks.
For its part, the Équiterre organization is calling for the establishment of a government fee-rebate system, which would allow the granting of a bonus to the buyer of a new vehicle that consumes less than the one he owned. before. Conversely, an additional amount, a tax, would be imposed on the purchase of a large gas-guzzling vehicle.