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And while googling, I saw a comment on how woke Carney is because a) he has a transgender daughter, b) his wife is an eco-warrior and c) *gasp* another child is a vegan!

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Update on field of study requirement for post-graduation work permits​

From https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices/update-requirement-post-graduation-work-permits.html

Ottawa, June 25, 2025—As part of changes to the International Student Program, a new requirement was introduced in 2024. To be eligible for a post-graduation work permit (PGWP), international students in non-degree programs (programs other than bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees) must complete a program in an eligible field of study linked to jobs in long-term shortages, such as those being prioritized under Express Entry. This rule applies to students who applied for a study permit on or after November 1, 2024.

Effective today, the list of eligible fields of study has been updated to reflect the 2025 Express Entry priorities, and the following changes were made:
  • 119 new fields of study in key sectors like health care and social services, education and trades were added.
  • 178 fields of study no longer linked to occupations in long-term labour shortages were removed.
As a result of these changes, there are now 920 fields of study eligible for a PGWP.

Students who applied for a study permit before June 25, 2025, will still be eligible for a PGWP if their field of study was on the list when they applied for their study permit even if it has since been removed.

For the full list of eligible fields of study organized by the Classification of Instructional Programs system, visit our website.
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driving about to get more expensive in Canada 2026, elbows up, keep calm and carry on voting Liberal lol...

Canada's EV mandate starts in 2026, and most Canadians have no idea what's coming. Starting next year, automakers face $20,000 penalties for every gas car they sell above government quotas. This isn't just regulatory paperwork - it's a financial sledgehammer that will directly impact what you can buy and what you'll pay.

The numbers are staggering: crossovers and SUVs will see 12-15% price increases in 2026 alone, with full-size trucks facing 18-22% hikes by 2030. Meanwhile, EV sales have actually crashed from 12.9% to 8.6% year-over-year, and federal rebates ran out of money in January 2025.

Canada needs 679,000 public charging stations by 2040 but currently has only 34,000. The infrastructure cost estimates range from $300 billion to $1.1 trillion - that's $27,500 per Canadian. And in -15°C weather, EVs lose 30% of their range, making them impractical for much of the country.

This policy restricts your choices and hits your wallet whether you're buying new or keeping your current car. The government is mandating technology that Canadians aren't buying, using infrastructure that doesn't exist, funded by money we don't have.

great watch he really goes through all the numbers
 
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slickpete83 said:
driving about to get more expensive in Canada 2026, elbows up, keep calm and carry on voting Liberal lol...

great watch he really goes through all the numbers
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You do know that Canada is one of 16 countries to have adopted the 2035 mandate for EVs, including Japan.....the UK, the Netherlands and Sweden.

I'm pretty sure the Federal Liberals and Mark Carney are in charge of only one of these.

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Lets add, Norway, a very cold place, similar to Canada is at 89% of all new vehicles sold are EVs in 2025.

So the whole sky is falling thing is way overdone.

Are we behind on charging infra? Yes.

Will we likely see some of these quotas reduced or deferred in the near term? Probably.

And then life will go on.
 
slickpete83 said:
Canada's EV mandate starts in 2026, and most Canadians have no idea what's coming. Starting next year, automakers face $20,000 penalties for every gas car they sell above government quotas.

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Canada needs 679,000 public charging stations by 2040 but currently has only 34,000. The infrastructure cost estimates range from $300 billion to $1.1 trillion - that's $27,500 per Canadian. And in -15°C weather, EVs lose 30% of their range, making them impractical for much of the country.
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We need more charging infrastructure.

Funny enough companies can generate a credit by investing $20,000 in new fast-charging infrastructure. That's an incentive to get more charging infrastructure built.

Also with a 20% mandate in 2026, that means they'd need to invest $20k in charging infrastructure for every 4 ICE cars built. (If they didn't sell any EVs)

Plug in Hybrids are also included in their definition of EVs. This can be useful for those with range anxiety and still have some gas.
 
slickpete83 said:
driving about to get more expensive in Canada 2026,
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It's only expensive because most Canadians are morons who buy bigger and bigger gas vehicles and never take efficiency gains. Cars have gotten substantially more efficient over the years. And relatively cheaper. A 2025 Honda Civic is the size of a 90s Honda Accord while being the same price as a 90s Honda Civic (adjusted for inflation) while having a quarter less fuel consumption. And that's not even looking at hybrid. If anybody's fuel consumption has gone up over years it's your fault.

I'm going to guess you're one of those who goes to get groceries from Costco in a clean and shiny F150.

Over the last 20 years, I've driven a Lexus IS (premium fuel), a Jetta Hybrid (premium fuel) and now a Subaru Crosstrek (regular gas). I track my mileage and costs using fuelly. My fuel mileage on the Crosstrek is about the same as it was on Lexus, but having to use Regular, actually makes cost per kilometre lower. This, despite having a larger and more rugged vehicle. My cost per kilometre is only 20% higher than my Jetta Hybrid, a rather fuel efficient vehicle for it's time. I'm not really noticing $20-30 per month difference really. You probably shouldn't have a car if your budget is that tight.

slickpete83 said:
Canada's EV mandate starts in 2026, and most Canadians have no idea what's coming.
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I'm looking forward to the mandate. When car shopping, electrics were really difficult. Low inventory makes dealers jack up the prices and refuse to negotiate. That won't be a problem if they are heavily incentivized to sell EVs.

And really, with the amount of two car households in Canada, a quarter of the vehicles on the road could easily be electric. There's no reason your 9-5 golf cart needs to have a 2L turbo in it.

My prediction is that nobody is going to notice. Most people don't buy new cars. And most be car buyers will simply adjust what they buy. Commuter cars will go electric or plug in hybrid (included in the mandate). And we'll finally start getting a decent second hand market for EVs and plug ins in a few years.

Another prediction. You'll be driving an electric in a decade and be pretending that you were never against them. Nobody likes to admit their ignorance.
 
The Americans are targeting Digital Services Taxes everywhere. Not just in Canada. And if you listen to Trump administration officials, it's because they feel these taxes are specifically designed to target American tech cos compared to say taxing services in general.

I'm not sure they are entirely wrong on that. A lot of governments have seen this as a cow to be milked. If this is about protection of Canadian content, we'll have to give up on the DST and simply impose content rules.
 
chrisw said:
We need more charging infrastructure.

Funny enough companies can generate a credit by investing $20,000 in new fast-charging infrastructure. That's an incentive to get more charging infrastructure built.

Also with a 20% mandate in 2026, that means they'd need to invest $20k in charging infrastructure for every 4 ICE cars built. (If they didn't sell any EVs)

Plug in Hybrids are also included in their definition of EVs. This can be useful for those with range anxiety and still have some gas.
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PHEVs being included is a huge out to industry. The FUD is going to land flat when a flood of PHEVs show up.
 
slickpete83 said:
Canada needs 679,000 public charging stations by 2040 but currently has only 34,000. The infrastructure cost estimates range from $300 billion to $1.1 trillion - that's $27,500 per Canadian. And in -15°C weather, EVs lose 30% of their range, making them impractical for much of the country.
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Tesla is on record saying they can deploy their rapid charger stalls for USD$40-45k per stall, with the goal to drive it down with better engineering of the power electronics. Call it CAD$60k per. That would suggest $42B for a buildout of 700k stalls. Tesla has thus far been self-funding their buildout, mostly without government subsidies (at least not directly). I don't know where you sourced that figure from, but I imagine it includes a large number of Level 2 slow chargers, that can charge a car overnight instead of well under an hour. Those chargers are even cheaper. The actual dispenser is about $1k, the electrical infrastructure might be on the high side $5-10k per stall. Wherever you sourced at average cost per charger of $400k to 1.2M is selling a load of bullsh!t to confuse people without the ability to fact check those figures.

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It doesn't really matter too much if an EV loses 30% of its efficiency and thus range in winter, as long as you can charge it relatively quickly, affordably and conveniently. It won't matter at all on days you don't drive >200-300km, other than the slightly higher cost of energy. Gas cars are also less efficient in the cold.
 
kEiThZ said:
The Americans are targeting Digital Services Taxes everywhere. Not just in Canada. And if you listen to Trump administration officials, it's because they feel these taxes are specifically designed to target American tech cos compared to say taxing services in general.

I'm not sure they are entirely wrong on that. A lot of governments have seen this as a cow to be milked. If this is about protection of Canadian content, we'll have to give up on the DST and simply impose content rules.
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These companies have too much influence over other countries and if anything, this should have come sooner, and the pushback needs to be bigger.
 
slickpete83 said:
Canada needs 679,000 public charging stations by 2040 but currently has only 34,000. The infrastructure cost estimates range from $300 billion to $1.1 trillion - that's $27,500 per Canadian. And in -15°C weather, EVs lose 30% of their range, making them impractical for much of the country.
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People that have never owned an EV just don't understand how much more convenient it is, and unless you have a very abnormal use case you'll spend less time "charging" than you would fuelling up. I'm over 70K in about 3 years, and have used a fast charger maybe 20 times, and that was only on long distance road trips (NYC, Ohio, Northern-ish Ontario, Montreal). Unless your doing hundreds of kilometers a day, you won't be spending time charging, your car is charged in the morning.
 
^Only 20 times at 70k....goodness, I thought you'd had to plug these things in every night!
 
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