Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss the federal and Ontario governments’ massive subsidies for the electric vehicle industry, including this week’s announcement of a new Honda plant in Ontario, and their inherent risks and economic consequences. They also cover the negative reaction to last week’s federal budget and what it tells us about the state of federal politics.
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