The CAA requires incentives for cleaner vehicles

CAA Quebec is involved in the campaign and calls for financial incentives to promote energy efficient vehicles and cleaner. Excellent initiative. Good idea. In a series of questions qu'adresse the CAA to different political parties during the election campaign, the issue of financial incentives is discussed. When the Quebec government will put forward measures to encourage the purchase of green vehicles. France has done in early 2008. French motorists have a system of bonuses and penalties. If you buy a hybrid, you have a discount (bonus) of about 3 000 to $ 4,000. On the contrary, if you buy a vehicle energy, like a Hummer, you pay a premium over (penalty). You are punished in some way. "At a time when the struggle to greenhouse gases is so urgent, it is necessary that our politicians facilitate access to these vehicles, including hybrid vehicles that are often more expensive than average. If the car is part of the problem, our elected representatives should keep in mind that it is also part of the solution. Quebecers are the champions of North American small vehicles and have a keen interest in fuel-efficient vehicles. The government should further encourage this trend, "says Sophie Gagnon, senior director of public relations and governmental CAA-Quebec. The CAA will publish on its website the responses of three political parties.