It is vital that the government maintain the final sales quota in the ZEV Regs that requires 100% of new light duty vehicle sales be ZEVs in 2035 and each year thereafter. In the RIAS for the ZEV Regs, Environment and Climate Change Canada states light duty vehicles have an estimated life expectancy of 15 years.1 At the Paris Agreement in 2015, Canada, along with most of the rest of the countries of the world, committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada subsequently enacted this as domestic law in the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act.2 If Canada permits the sale of any light duty ICE vehicles in 2035 or thereafter, those ICE vehicles will still be emitting GHGs in 2050. There is no viable Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) system for light duty vehicles.
1 RIAS, pp. 4043-4044. Canada Gazette Part II, Vol.157, No. 26. 20 December 2024. Retrieved on 14 September 2025 from https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/publications-eng.html#a2
2 Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, (S.C. 2021, c. 22), s. 6. Retrieved on 28 September 2025 from https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-19.3/fulltext.html