Medium, Heavy-Duty and Off-Road Fleet Electrification

Tax credits and rebates are needed to lower the upfront cost of Zero-Emission buses. Continue to provide predictable and long-term funding to municipalities and transit agencies that plan to convert their entire fleet to electric vehicles.  

Provide predictable and long-term funding to school bus operators that plan to convert their entire fleet to electric vehicles. Incentives should be stackable with other federal and provincial programs supporting cleaner commutes for students. Include vehicles with final assembly in Canada, sold and serviced through Canadian businesses.

Accelerate business cases for ZEV MHD Fleets with funds for transition planning and for the purchase of vehicles. 

Phase out fossil-fuel vehicles at federally regulated properties, such as water ports, intermodal railyards, parks, and airports, through a combination of tolls on polluting vehicles, obligations for subcontracting operators, restrictions on access for polluting trucks. 

Implement a federal rebate and tax incentives for the purchase of electric off-road vehicles for work or leisure activities: snowmobiles, watercraft, ATVs, and boats. Making these vehicles more affordable will help support clean energy transition in rural and remote regions while also supporting jobs in Canadian businesses that manufacture them.  

Work with regional or provincial ferry agencies, as well as Crown corporations like BC Ferries, to launch a program to support the electrification of ferry services across Canada.