ZeroX2040 - Canada’s Pathway to Net-Zero for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Trucks

We respectfully acknowledge the space our organization is headquartered in as the traditional and ancestral territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy, comprised of the bands Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai, the Îyârhe Nakoda Nations, including the bands of Goodstoney, Chiniki, and Bearspaw, and the Tsuut’ina Pembina Institute Canada’s Pathway to Net-Zero for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Trucks and Buses | i. [...] Potential for reviving the MHDV manufacturing sector in Canada: In a recent Ontario-based analysis, we found that investing in the production and sales of electric school buses has the potential to make a significant contribution (by creating up to 13,0000 jobs and adding up to $2 billion in economic output by 2030) to the revival of Ontario’s commercial vehicle manufacturing industry and help sec. [...] Our recommendation is that funding allocated to the iMHZEV program be increased and that the federal government, in collaboration with provincial governments and the private sector, explore new revenue opportunities and partnerships to help facilitate uptake and grow the domestic market for ZE MDVs. [...] Transitioning from fossil-fuelled vehicles in the MHDV sector to low- and zero-emission vehicles will require a clearly designed strategy and plan to achieve the federal target requiring 35% of new MHDV sales to be ZE by 2030, and 100% ZE by 2040. [...] Canada is in the initial stages of advancing meaningful climate action in the transportation sector and has the chance to do so in ways that promote a prosperous economy through growth in employment and specialized and in-demand skills while simultaneously advancing positive health outcomes and decarbonizing the MHDV sector.