“The certification requirements of other jurisdictions may not be sufficient to meet the safety needs of Canadian road users due to Canada’s distinct driving environment,” wrote Sau Sau Liu, senior communications advisor for Transport Canada, adding that Canadian crash safety standards are tailored to the larger vehicles typically found on our roads.

We already have Vespas and Smart Fortwos. I think we'll be okay.

I would love to have a small electric vehicle, as most of my driving is done inside a small city. The choices are limited and too expensive for my budget.

I would like an armoured bicycle

Why should I be restricted from driving a reasonable vehicle just because everyone else wants to drive an assault vehicle?

The desire to carry water for American companies or European companies by excluding China is strange. Aus doesn't play that game. Trying to be protectionist on dead end ICE manufacturing capability will only serve to put them deeper and deeper into the grave that they want to share with the US.

I think that anybody who's trying to protect ICE manufacturing should take a hard look at what happened in China. They literally killed their ICE manufacturing with their new energy vehicle push. Absolutely gutted it. And they're reaping the rewards of doing so.

A contributing factor may be the number of American car companies with factories here—I mean, there are a few European/Japanese/whatever auto brands that do some manufacturing here too, but not as much. It's an industry that seems to have a political voice that's larger than its contribution to the national economy (or at least, that's the impression one gets from the news here in Ontario). Lobbying to tweak the rules to make certification easier for American vehicles than others seems on-brand.

If that is part of the reason, Trump may have torpedoed it, but it'll take years for the mess to untangle itself even so.

I am guessing Canadians love big trucks, jacked up?

They have to meet the joint North American standards regardless. Even the Honda Fit is no longer sold in North America because they figured it wasn't worth putting through the paces. I thought that would be the subcompact car that survived, but no.

Protectionism so we grow weak and fail 🥰🥰🥰

Don't learn from history, Detroit was a one-off right?