I disagree with this option. Driving is a luxury for the most part - the fuel costs for an electric car are low enough and our taxes are high enough. There's hardly a government in this country that has a balanced budget at this point - massive EV rebates or tax incentives are not the right way to go - punish the bad behaviour with a (higher) carbon tax instead. If anything, there should be offsets of carbon tax for home heating - this usage is not a luxury.
I want a Model 3 just as much as the next person in this thread, but I don't need or want my neighbour who can't afford a brand new EV to subsidize it.
Actually totally agree with what you are saying. The reality is however that governments don't do too well during election cycles (which are now getting longer and longer) when they raise the cost o staple items to the "every day worker". That's why the Liberals are being crucified over the Carbon Tax implementation.
Votes are bought with incentives and tax cuts and the Liberals (both Federal and Provincial) are going to be looking to buy a lot of votes.
Here's hoping the leaders and party handlers make sensible decisions... but I'm not holding my breath. If in the mean time I get to enjoy a few benefits then so be it.
I'm on board with taxing consumption of behavior they want to scale down though... always thought that's a better way to tax-- Consumption over income.