Rob Breakenridge Show Ep. 17: Measuring the costs of Ottawa's EV mandate; What next for CBC funding and Ottawa's media bailouts?

Welcome to this episode of the Rob Breakenridge Show Up first, we’ll look at the growing concern and looming deadline around Ottawa’s electric vehicle mandate. Starting next year, 20 per cent of new vehicles sold in Canada must be zero-emission vehicles (ZEV). That threshold grows to 100 per cent by 2035. We’ll hear from Ross McKitrick is a professor of economics at the University of Guelph and a senior fellow at the Fraser InstituteWe’ll also talk about Canada’s media landscape as we have a conversation with Peter Menzies - he’s a former publisher of the Calgary Herald and a former CRTC vice-chair. He’s now a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and publishes his own Substack (The Rewrite). We’ll talk the fallout from the departure of a high profile CBC news personality and a renewed debate over bias at the public broadcaster. We’ll also examine the broader question of reforming the mandate of the CBC and whether Ottawa may now be looking at cuts. Plus, what happens now with the various media subsidies and bailouts that originated under Justin Trudeau?Don’t forget, you can follow our work and subscribe here at our Substack page (robbreakenridge.ca), which is where the podcast is hosted. You can also listen and subscribe on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts and other podcast platforms. Check out our YouTube channel, as well.00:00 Introduction 00:51 Ottawa faces pressure on its controversial EV mandate04:45 Ross McKitrick interview18:11 Peter Menzies interview32:51 Trade talks update: Tariffs here to stay?39:33 UK lowers voting age: Will Canada follow suit?45:50 Extro Get full access to Rob Breakenridge at robbreakenridge.substack.com/subscribe