CARNEY CAR CATASTROPHE: How Incompetence, Cowardice, and Fear of Trump are Strangling Canada’s Electric Future… shoving Poverty & Pollution down Canadian throats

You may get this gorgeous 2022-2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS (S-Class) from the states from as little as $20,000 — 30,000. A ‘Lemon’ version of the same luxury EV will still cost Canadians close to $60,000… Thanks Carney for making Canadians CAR-POOR.

Canada’s EV sales have cratered 32% this year

THE CARNEY CATASTROPHE: How Incompetence, Cowardice, and a Fear of Trump Are Strangling Canada’s Electric Future

An Infuriating Exposé on why you’re paying $60,000 for a “Lemon” EV while the world moves on

By Eddie Hardie 🍁 Integrity Canada

The Great Canadian EV Implosion: A National Embarrassment Engineered by Ottawa

The numbers are in, and they are a damning indictment of the Carney Administration’s shockingly incompetent handling of the green transition. As reported by The Logic, electric vehicle sales in Canada have crashed by 32% this year alone. This isn’t a minor dip; it’s a full-scale cratering of the market. And the reason? A perfect storm of short-sighted policy, fiscal cowardice, and a servile deference to Washington that has left Canadian consumers stranded on a deserted highway, wallets empty, options nonexistent.

The root cause is as simple as it is enraging: the federal EV purchase subsidies, the sole lifeline for most middle-class families considering the switch, ran dry in the fall of 2025. The Carney Regime, with no plan B, simply watched the market plunge into an abyss. They drained the pool and are now blaming Canadians for not wanting to swim.

Huawei’s Maextro S800 quite possibly the most luxurious EV on earth…

Yes, more luxurious any Bentley, Rolls-Royce, etc.

The Absurd, Two-Front War Against Affordability

The Carney Administration’s paralysis is scandalous in its clarity. Faced with a crisis, they have two logical paths, and they have cowardly rejected both.

1. THE AMERICAN BOOGEYMAN: They dare not open the market to affordable, technologically advanced Chinese EVs, which are often cheaper than gas-powered cars even without subsidies. Why? A vile, cringing fear of retaliation from the Trump Administration. So, instead of standing up for Canadian consumers, they maintain a punitive 100% tariff on Chinese EVs, directly legislating poverty and pollution for their own citizens. A petition at CanuckPost rightly condemns this as a betrayal of an affordable, sustainable future.

2. THE DOMESTIC DELUSION: The other path—building a domestic EV industry—is a fantasy. Let’s be blunt: Canada has no competitive EV tech, no secure battery supply chain, and no market scale to go it alone. And the existing offerings from American, European, Japanese, and Korean automakers? They are not competitive. Not in price. Not in range. Not in features. They are coasting on brand legacy while treating Canada as a dumping ground for overpriced inventory.

The “Lemon” Lottery: How Canadian Suckers Are Being Played

The situation on the ground is so absurd it would be funny if it weren’t so tragic. Look at the ludicrous case of the Mercedes-Benz EQS.

• In the Real World: Mercedes is in a fire sale. The flagship EQS sedan has seen price cuts of $15,000 or more. The ultra-luxury Maybach EQS SUV has seen $50,000 USD in hidden dealer incentives. You can pick up a lightly used 2022-2023 EQS for $20,000-$30,000.

• In Carney’s Canada: No discounts whatsoever. In fact, a shocking and predatory scam is unfolding. Canadian dealers are brazenly trying to sell 2022-2023 Mercedes EQS sedans clearly branded as “LEMON” on Carfax reports—cars with major, recurring defects—for nearly $60,000 each!

Canadian dealership ad for a “2023 EQS – Clean Title” with a $59,995 price tag, juxtaposed with a U.S. ad for a similar model but not ‘Lemon’ at $28,990.*

Let that sink in. Americans get $50,000 off a new luxury EV. Canadians are told to pay $60,000 for a certified used lemon. This is not a market. It’s a state-sanctioned mugging.

THE ONLY WAY OUT: Why Embracing Chinese EVs is a National Imperative

It’s time to say what the Carney Administration is too spineless to admit: Only China can save Canada’s electric vehicle future. This isn’t about ideology; it’s about cold, hard facts of economics, technology, and consumer welfare.

• PRICE: Chinese EVs like BYD, NIO, and XPeng have achieved price parity with internal combustion engines WITHOUT subsidies. They have solved the affordability equation that eludes every Western automaker. The 100% tariff is a $15,000-$30,000 punishment tax on every Canadian family trying to do the right thing.

• CHOICE & TECHNOLOGY: While legacy automakers slowly iterate, Chinese brands are leapfrogging with superior battery tech, sleek design, and software-defined features that make most Western EVs look like relics. They offer real choice in a market starved of it.

• JOBS & INVESTMENT: This is the most controversial, yet critical point. Allowing Chinese EVs in does not mean just imports. It is the only credible pathway to domestic manufacturing. Chinese automakers, facing overcapacity and trade barriers in the West, are desperate to build factories in North America. Canada could—and should—be aggressively courting them with land, resources, and a skilled workforce. The alternative is watching all those factories, and tens of thousands of jobs, go to Mexico or the U.S. under the USMCA. Our choice is between becoming a hub for 21st-century manufacturing or remaining a captive market for other nations’ expensive leftovers.

The Carney administration’s refusal to even consider this is economic malpractice. They are sacrificing Canadian affordability, Canadian jobs, and Canadian climate goals on the altar of geopolitical cowardice.

BYD got everything Canada ever needed to become sovereign… Tech, Style, Range, you name it, they got it. And the Chinese offerings go beyond car… XPeng got Flying Car too!

Conclusion: A Call to Revolt Against Managed Decline

The Carney Administration’s EV policy is a masterclass in failure. They have:

1. Killed the market by removing subsidies with no plan.

2. Shielded uncompetitive legacy automakers from a revolution that benefits consumers.

3. Prostrated themselves before Washington, letting U.S. political concerns override Canadian economic needs.

4. Condemned Canadians to a choice between unaffordable new EVs, obscenely priced used lemons, or sticking with gas guzzlers.

This is not governance. It is managed decline.

The solution is staring us in the face. It’s affordable, it’s technologically brilliant, and it’s ready to deliver. Remove the 100% Chinese EV tariff. Negotiate manufacturing investment. Put Canadian consumers and workers first for a change.

The future is electric, and it’s being built in China. Canada can either have a front-row seat, or—under the Carney regime’s pathetic guidance—be left behind, paying $60,000 for the world’s most expensive lemons.

The choice is ours. Demand better.

PETITION: Remove the 100% Chinese EV Tariff For Affordable Cars & A Sustainable Future

SIGN PETITION HERE

https://chng.it/QYD4XN9ZjZ

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SOURCES & FURTHER READING:

1. Canada’s EV sales slump 32% in 2025 as subsidies expire

2. Petition: Remove the 100% Chinese EV Tariff for Affordable Cars & a Sustainable Future

3. Mercedes EQS Price Plunge & Lemon Listings (Example from U.S. Market)(Search for “EQS Lemon” on Canadian dealer sites for local proof)

Beside cars, China could help Canada with the most sophisticated armament such as this Crone Mothership… 

Of course the incompetent Carney Administration knows what China is capable of… but they lack courage, Carney is afraid of Trump and absolutely have no idea what to do next… sigh.