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Nomar06 said:
It just seems too obvious that there is law breaking going on yet not being reported on?
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Canada halts Tesla EV Rebates
  • Canada is putting a magnifying glass on EV rebates headed to Tesla after a strange bump in sales.
  • Until it verifies every single sale associated with the rebates, it won’t send Tesla the money.
  • It’s also banned Elon Musk’s brand from future subsidy programs while US tariffs exist against it.
On Tuesday, Canada’s Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland made the call to freeze C$43 million (equal to $30M at current exchange rates) worth of payments. “As soon as I became Transport Minister, I asked the department to stop all payments for Tesla vehicles in order to fully examine each claim individually and determine whether all are eligible and valid,” Freeland said in a statement to the Toronto Star. “No payments will be made until we are confident that the claims are valid.”

But Freeland didn’t stop there.

“I also directed my department to change the eligibility criteria for future iZEV programs to ensure that Tesla vehicles will not be eligible for incentives so long as the illegitimate and illegal US tariffs are imposed against Canada” she added.

Freeland has also directed changes to eligibility criteria for future rebate programs, potentially making Tesla vehicles ineligible for subsidies until issues regarding U.S. tariffs are resolved.

By linking the issue to US tariffs, the Canadian government is addressing a situation that is largely beyond Tesla’s control, as tariff decisions are made at the national level. While the embattled CEO may have a close relationship with the American President, he doesn’t have the power to end the tariffs on his own.
 
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