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Mining for electric cars: how Canada's auto sector stays in the race

General Motors says it's going all-electric by 2035. This could be the tipping point for the electric vehicle revolution. So will Canada's auto industry come along for the ride?

This segment originally aired on February 7, 2021.


A year ago, Canada wasn't assembling or making any electric cars; a concern for an industry worth $19 billion to our country's economy.

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Fast forward to 2021 and Canadian-assembled electric vehicle are on the shopping list for all of the Detroit Big 3.

It's a side effect of the new NAFTA and the convenient Canadian location of the natural resources that go into car batteries. Producer Anis Heydari talks to industry players about why CUSMA has changed what's on the agenda for the Canadian auto industry in the past year.


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