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Liberals announce $100 billion in green spending, big changes in environmental regulation and incentives to promote electric cars.

Global News has learned a memo to cabinet was being prepared from the environment minister’s office that proposed up to $100 billion in green spending, big changes in environmental regulation and incentives to promote electric cars. https://globalnews.ca/news/7329347/liberals-childcare-health-care-announcement-throne-speech/

GM partners with electric vehicle maker Nikola

GM will take an 11 per cent ownership stake in the Phoenix company and will engineer and build Nikola's Badger hydrogen fuel cell and electric pickup truck. The Badger is expected to be in production by the end of 2022. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/gm-strikes-partnership-with-electric-vehicle-maker-nikola-1.5716001

Northern, central B.C. and Vancouver Island to launch the installation of dozens of EV Chargers

More than $575,000 of the funding for the expansion is coming from the provincial CleanBC Communities Fund, while almost $700,000 will be through the federal government's Green Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program. Participating regional districts, municipalities and First Nations are contributing more than $450,000. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ev-charging-stations-bc-1.5708135