The mandate fulfils a 2021 Liberal election promise. It’s the first major set of regulations to come out of an emissions reduction plan the government published in April.
That plan is Canada’s ambitious goal toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors to a level in 2030 that is 40 to 45% below what it was in 2005.
By 2030, the mandate will hit 60% of all sales and by 2035, every passenger vehicle sold in Canada will need to be electric.