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As of August 18, 2026 — The Canadian government last week formally moved to scrap its electric vehicle sales mandate, fulfilling a promise by Prime Minister Mark Carney to dismantle one of the Trudeau-era climate policies. However, the stricter tailpipe emissions standards that Carney promised as a replacement are not expected to be finalized until at least 2027, leaving a regulatory gap that environmental groups and industry analysts say could undermine Canada’s progress on electrification.
The notice, published in the Canada Gazette on Friday, outlined the proposed repeal of the mandate that would have required EVs to account for at least 20 percent of all new car sales in Canada this year, rising to 100 percent by 2035. The government had previously estimated the mandate would push EV adoption to 75 percent of new sales by 2035 and 90 percent by 2040.
The repeal accelerates Carney’s broader dismantling of former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s climate agenda, which already included scrapping the consumer carbon price and removing the emissions cap on oil-and-gas production. The government acknowledges that ending the sales mandate will slow the rate of EV adoption and could result in $
