Mark Carney’s Liberal government is keeping its tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, says Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson, who was in Victoria on Wednesday announcing new funding for electric vehicle charging stations.

“We're protecting our Canadian auto workers, first and foremost, who are also aggressively doing [a] transition to EVs,” Robertson said in response to a question from Canada’s National Observer. “That whole ecosystem that supports the clean transition is a significant priority for us.”

But the high cost of EVs has kept them from the level of adoption the government is aiming for.

“The biggest barrier, by far, is sticker price,” said Clean Energy Canada spokesperson Trevor Melanson in a June press release announcing polling results —

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