Nova Scotia votes to scrap electric car rebates for Tesla

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Nova Scotia has become the latest province to cancel the ECLAS discounts due to the CEO of the United States administration and its commercial war on Canada.

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The progressive conservative government joined the National Democratic Party and liberal opposition parties in a vote on Friday to topple the auto company from the discount program, which provides benefits ranging from $ 2000 to $ 3000 per purchase.

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The vote came after Susan Lieblank, a member of the National Democratic Party in the Legislative Authority, called for an amendment that drops the products of the Musk ELON Musk from the support program.

Liplands told the legislature that Malik Tesla had agreed with US President Donald Trump in “launching an economic war on our country and this is a small way to take a position against that.”

“There are other options for us here in Canada for electric cars,” she said.

Earlier this week, the government of the National Democratic Party in Manitoba Tesla and Chinese -Chinese electric cars from the EV discount program, while BC Hydro also said it prohibits the new Tesla products from its opponent's initiative.

Crown Corporation on the Internet says the change will cover the Tesla charues, batteries and spoilers, which is part of the government's move to give a preference for Canadian goods and exclude us from the discounts if it is practical.

The Teesla Communications Department did not respond immediately for an e -mail request to comment on the Nova Scotia vote.

Musk has evolved into a close ally of Trump, who requested 25 percent of the tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum and intends to apply additional fees on April 2.

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The billionaire businessman is headed by the Ministry of Governmental efficiency, and has been linked to the disputes that publicly expressed support for the far -right alternative to Germany and trying to access the personal data of millions of Americans in his group's efforts to reduce government spending.

The role of musk in the administration also occupies demonstrations outside the Tesla outlets throughout the country.

The demonstrators carrying signs such as “Honk if you do not lead Tesla” and “Up Canada” have recently occupied an agency in Ottawa, while there were similar protests in the agents in Quebec and British Colombia.

In Vancouver, the police said last month that they were investigating in a state of sabotage from the agency, as it was an obscene observation about the billionaire drawn with spraying on an outer wall.

In the United States, TESLA showrooms, the maximum vehicle, and private owned shipping stations and private owned cars were targeted.

Colorado public prosecutors accused a woman in February of attacks on Tesla agents, including throwing Molotov cocktails into vehicles and spraying the paint in a building. In addition, last week, Federal agents in South Carolina were arrested a man saying they had set fire to Tesla charging stations near Charleston.

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Tesla shares were fighting due to the increased competition from competing electric cars, especially from China, as it decreased by 42 percent so far this year.

Tesla does not issue sales numbers in Canada, but discount on zero transmission vehicle in Canada suggests that about 33,000 signs receive new purchases in the nine months that end on December 31.

– With files from the Associated Press.

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