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Three years after cancelling rebates for electric vehicles, Conservative government can't figure out why auto makers aren't building electric vehicles

Premier Doug Ford is dismissing the idea of bringing back a rebate to encourage Ontarians to buy more electric vehicles, even though the province is lagging behind much of the country in sales.

"I'm not going to give rebates to guys that are buying $100,000 cars — millionaires," he said Wednesday, even though his own government says it's counting on rising sales of those electric vehicles (EVs) to help bring down greenhouse gas emissions.

"The last time I checked my bank account, I'm far from being a millionaire," said Ontario's Green Party leader Mike Schreiner, reacting to Ford's comments.