The federal government’s pleas for provincial help to counter U.S. tax incentives that threaten further investments in Canada’s battery supply chain have fallen on deaf ears in the country’s most populous province and elicited a wait-and-see response in neighbouring Quebec.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said his government has “stepped up in every single aspect” to support corporate investments in the province’s electric vehicle sector, but it is Ottawa’s responsibility to respond to Washington’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
“They should take care of the IRA. It’s federal to federal,” Ford told Automotive News Canada in an interview Feb. 17.