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Wait I don't understand is this just an excuse? Is this a slightly more subtle example of an "anti" movement being emboldened by what's happening in the US, despite the same legal framework not applying? Like the anti abortionists in Europe are on the rise. Or is there a legitimate reason that it depends a bit on US policy?

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Nothing "anti" about this decision. The province's credit rating was recently downgraded (1). Investing in a struggling local company that had a dim outlook even before the US election (2) would be a tough sell.

1. https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/sp-global-lowers-que...

2. https://globalnews.ca/news/10673318/lion-electric-300-more-l...

Reliant on exports to the US?

Yeah, but aren't these bussed mostly subject to state policy and not federal policy?

If there is a federal tariff on Canadian vehicles that applies then everyone including states has to decide if they want to purchase what they intended or keep the budget they planned.

Tariffs, imports, and exports are controlled by the Federal,Government of the United States of America. The states have no power in these areas.

I read it as the opposite. A business that's already in trouble that has cross border entanglements in the current climate and can't get private support is a perfectly reasonable time for a government to cut off money.

The only bit where slowing electrification comes up is the first sentence, which felt like an attempt to spin fallout from Trump chaos as people waking up to the folly of electrification instead.

Yeah that's what I hoped but there wasn't much discussion of the company in question.

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