PETITION FOR A QUEBEC’S ZERO EMISSION LAW
Update: The closing date is changed to May 3rd 2014 due to provincial election.
A petition has been launched to implement a ZERO EMISSION LAW in the province of Quebec in Canada.
In order to meet health based air quality standards and greenhouse gas emission reduction goals, the state of California adopted the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Program. Such a law forces the automakers to offer a minimum quantity of electric vehicles. Seven other states adopted the same type of program.
No such laws are in place anywhere in Canada. Automakers are selling very small quantities of EV in Canada. The Chevrolet Spark EV, Honda Fit EV, Fiat 500e and Toyota RAV4 EV are not for sale anywhere in Canada. The automakers are NOT TRYING TO SELL electric vehicles. There is no publicity on television, radio or newspapers. There are no EV available either in dealerships’ parking lots.
By May 3rd 2014, over 50 000 signatures are required for the petition to be accepted by the government. Failing to obtain this goal will send the opposite message.
The signature from any citizen around the world is allowed and accepted.
P.S. A paper version is also available here. Any help from all around Canada, and any other countries is welcome and needed !!!! If you opt to ask for the paper version, please let us know at : eric@timetoelectrify.ca
Here is the link to the official petition : https://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/exprimez-votre-opinion/petition/Petition-4589/index.html
As the petition is written in french, here is the official english version :
WHEREAS the scientific consensus demonstrates the harmful health effects of air pollution caused by fossil fuels;
WHEREAS road transport (cars, trucks and buses ) is responsible for 80% of emissions in the transport sector and 31% of total greenhouse gas emissions ( GHG ) in Quebec ;
WHEREAS Quebec has a trade deficit in energy transport material and is not assured of a secure economically stable fuel supply ;
WHEREAS Quebec has specific targets for GHG reductions of 20% below the 1990 emissions by 2020;WHEREAS the electrification of public or individual transport is essential to reduce GHG emissions from Quebec ;
WHEREAS the supply of electric vehicles must be present to achieve the level of electrification of transportation with 12,500 electric vehicles in 2017 ;
WHEREAS Quebec has underutilized electric infrastructure ;
WHEREAS, significant investments have been made to the electrification of transportation ;
WHEREAS the supply of electric vehicles is present mainly in jurisdictions that require it ;
CONSIDERING THAT a law would develop expertise in electric transport, would achieve our objectives and would allow our electromobility industry to shine;
We, the undersigned, call on the Government of Quebec to implement a Zero Emission law with penalties on manufacturers who fail to provide an adequate share of electric vehicles for Quebecers to achieve all of the above .
Please make this happen
A link to this page has been forwarded to the David Suzuki Foundation and will hopefully be distributed to all subscribers.
petition
it would be nice.
Thanks eMileage for the note! I contacted LeadNow, SumOfUs, Electric Auto Association (EAA), PlugInAmerica, CalCars, PlugShare, SunCountryHighway, EVCO, EVWorld, so hopefully the word gets out fast, and many more signatures come soon!
How can we do this same type of petition for Ontario and Canada ?
Hi ! Thanks for all your comments ! So far the petition is great. We are supporting Québec simply because they started it first and mostly because the EV community is well structured in Québec. Now, TimeToElectrify.ca will do its best to offer a blog/media to reunite all Canada. Keep visiting this website on a daily basis. You will see in the next few weeks changes as we keep developing the site and adding contents. You are always welcome to comment. Someday, we will organize the same petition for Ontario.
Any urban area is the natural partner of electric cars and Zero Emissions Vehicles because it cleans up air for everyone who lives near those vehicles. A city powered by renewable energy has the huge added advantage of no fossil fuel impact (buying it or burning it) from those cars at all.
You are totally right Mr Paine. You are welcome on TimeToElectrify.ca ! Feel free to visit us from time to time. About the petition, your support and a tweet on your part would help us.
Thank you for your support, Mr Paine. Your documentaries were eye openers for me, and since viewing them, my wife and I bought two Volts, and we became militant in promoting clean transportation and sustainable energy. I am one of the two initiators of this petition.
My wife and I have direct experience with the statement “The automakers are NOT TRYING TO SELL electric vehicles.” We had an appointment to test drive an electric Smart car. The experience was that of being stood up and rudely treated at the Mercedes dealership in Montreal and never seeing an ev car there.
That is one of the Goals of EV Fest – to give guests a chance to have a Test Drive in an interested environment, and that started to be realized at EV Fest 2012, and again at EV Fest 2013. Here is hoping it can be expanded for EV Fest 2014 – our 5th Anniversary!
On the Positive Side with MB and the Smart EV Program – they approached the Electric Vehicle Society of Canada to offer an association and an EV Ambassador Rebate Program to the Members – see http://www.evsociety.ca website and their Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/EVSociety to folllow up on that!
WE ARE RUNNING 100 % ELECTRIC WITH ONBOARD RECHARGE WITH NATURAL GAS IN 10 YEARS TIME!!!!
I support the Petition 100 % !
I support this petition, and already have an ev. Bonne chance, Quebec!
EVs are important and I think car companies should be offering them everywhere. I hope this petition succeeds!
Chevrolet volt the best way to save the planet
it has to happen
Member of the Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa.
This technology it’s been ready to make the world a better place.enough with the politics.
Yes more electric choice.
Happy Volt driver.
We had bought a brand new 2012 nissan leaf in march of 2012 and do not regret the purchase one bit. Almost two years have gone buy and there has been no federal or provincial support what so ever. If sun country can install level 11 charging stations across Canada. Then the Canadian government should be able to fund a level three charging infustructure . In th United States , where they installed a lot of level three chargers, the sales of electric cars have been selling faster than they can keep them on the car lots. Here in Alberta , we are still waiting for some kind of provincial support in this matter.
At EV Fest’s website – there is information about Electric Vehicle Charging as well – http://www.evfest.ca/EV-Charging.html.
Also – I have been chasing the BC Government – since they mention 13 DC Quick Chargers in press releases, but only showed 6 on http://www.plugshare.com!
As a Result – the got up to speed and listed the newest location – up an running in Merritt, BC. now for 7 showing, but still 6 more to complete, and not all well sequenced from the look of their press release. The just accepted applications from various cities, with no plan of properly siting or locating them in a useful fashion.
However – compared to Ontario – they are worlds ahead, compared to our only one here – installed by Mitsubishi Canada at their Head Office, and none other!
This is important .
The link to the petition is no longer up? I got a 404 error when I clicked it 🙁
Due to the provincial election, it seems… it’ll be back up after the April 7th; thx Eric!