Ottawa, bring back Canada's EV incentive program

Open this photo in gallery: The future of EVs is an excellent case study in the value of certainty.Doug Ives/The Canadian Press Steve Flamand is the president and chief executive of Hyundai Auto Canada Corp., headquartered in Markham, Ont. Federal-government incentives for electric-vehicle purchases did as they were designed to do. Before the iZEV (incentives for zero-emission vehicles) program ran out of funds, Ottawa spent about $3-billion between May, 2019, and January, 2025, giving rebates to customers buying some half a million cars. The program was a massive success. It must return. And that is especially true in these uncertain…