Minister said Ottawa will not fund new road construction

Steven Guilbeault, minister of environment and climate change, recently said the federal government will not fund new road construction, since doing so would only encourage increased use of cars, which would be contrary to the government’s goal of eliminating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. When criticized, he changed tack, noting that, “We’re moving more and more towards electric vehicles, but that in itself doesn’t justify inviting urban sprawl.” Canadians are left wondering whether their betters in Ottawa are more offended by their stubborn insistence on driving cars with internal combustion engines (ICEs) or by their inclination to reside in larger residences at longer distances from urban cores.

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They can be excused if they are confused about what Minister Guilbeault and his cabinet colleagues are really up to. The government itself seems confused. Its antipathy to light duty vehicles powered by ICEs is of course part of its crusade to end the use of fossil fuels, no matter how great the economic........

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