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[–] Dearche@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Honestly, EU regulations for vehicles are far safer for all involved. Adopting them in whole, even if it'll take time to implement them, would help greatly as well as opening new markets. Not to mention it'll block American cars from our market without having to rely on tariffs in the future.

This is exactly the perfect time to implement such regulations, and I hope the government will introduce laws about it once the election is over.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Absolutely, it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to latch off from NHTSA and save thousands of lives by just copying Europes homework on a few small updates.

Not holding my breath, though. I’m guessing it’s more likely the auto industry will hold on to the hopes of restoring the trade with the US.

[–] Dearche@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

Another part for really hoping that the government won't let this chance go, since the US automakers are already isolated only selling domestically built vehicles in the US, further isolating them by making them impossible to import into Canada would help crush their industries while Canada's becomes more internationally competitive by adopting EU regulations.

Hell, since EU regulations are tighter than US regulations, we'll still meet US regulations for the most part, so once the changeover is done, we can still sell over there while they can't sell over here after the tariff situation is over. A flat-out win-win for Canada and lose-lose for the US.