Doug Ford asks Ontarians to boycott Chinese EVs

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Trillium, a Village Media website devoted exclusively to covering provincial politics at Queen’s Park. Premier Doug Ford is asking Ontarians to boycott Chinese electric vehicles, further condemning a deal made by Prime Minister Mark Carney in Beijing last week. “I’ve been clear about my concerns with this deal,” Ford told reporters at Queen’s Park on Wednesday. “By opening up our country to a flood of cheap made-in-China vehicles, the federal government is asking Canadian auto workers to compete on unfair ground.” The deal was finalized during Carney’s trip to China, where Carney…