As Canadians make the switch to electric vehicles, the Government of Canada is helping them to charge up by establishing a national network of charging stations where Canadians live, work and play.
Today, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, concluded an EV tour from Montreal to Trois-Rivières to Quebec City by announcing 1,578 new EV chargers across Quebec City and throughout Quebec. Funding was provided through Natural Resources Canada's Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program.
Today's investment of over 1,500 chargers includes over 120 chargers in Quebec City and nearly 400 chargers in Montreal.
In addition to supporting charger deployment, the Government of Canada is helping consumers move toward more affordable and clean transportation. That is why, to date, more than 250,000 incentives to buy a zero-emission vehicle have been provided to Canadians and Canadian businesses - including over 135,000 in Quebec.
The Government of Canada is also delivering historic investments in the future of electrified public transportation. In May, the Government of Canada announced an investment of over $780 million to support the purchase of 1,229 electric buses in Quebec and enhance the provincial network of electric public transit.
The Government of Canada is working with industry to create good jobs and economic opportunities in these growing clean industries. Such opportunities include chargers manufactured at FLO's facility in Shawinigan to lithium responsibly produced in James Bay to batteries made at Ford's new facility in Bécancour.
Today's announcement included the following investments:
*Multi-use residential buildings
