Canada’s fledging electric vehicle market — designed to run on taxpayer-funded subsidies to EV manufacturers and buyers — is heading for the scrap heap.

Every new announcement of production cuts in Canada throws into further doubt the decision of the federal, Ontario and Quebec governments to earmark up to $52.5 billion in capital investments and production subsidies — according to the Parliamentary Budget Office — to create an EV supply chain sector in Canada.

While much of this money hasn’t yet been spent, what is the point of subsidizing an industry the car makers themselves are abandoning?

The latest blow came with GM’s announcement Tuesday that it’s scrapping production of its BrightDrop Zero EV delivery van in Ingersoll, Ont., because of poor sales.

In May, it idled the pla

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