So let's look at Yakabuski's claims...

Subsidies of $8,000+ won't drive early sales/leases of electric vehicles (EVs), but exemptions from hypothetical road tolls or congestion charges would?

The government is afraid of implementing the $50/tonne CO2 tax (11.5¢/liter gasoline) that it has already announced, but a $100/tonne CO2 tax (23¢/liter) would meet Canada's GHG emissions targets?

The price of lithium and copper will go up because of the growing use of EVs? There's less than 7 kg of (recyclable) lithium in a current high-capacity 85 kWh battery, such as in the Tesla S, and *current* known lithium resources are sufficient to make one such battery for every person on Earth. An electric vehicle uses 50 to 60 kg more copper (also recyclable) in an EV than an ICE one. Annual global production of copper is 18 million tonnes, enough for 250 million EVs.

Yakabuski too often twists facts to fit his desired outcome, and this column is no exception.