Toronto mayor says no breaks for Tesla amid trade battle with U.S.

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00:00We are giving incentives for people to migrate into electric cars, except we will stop giving

00:18incentives, financial incentives, to buy Tesla.

00:23So that we have, a decision has been made in there, but then there are other electric

00:27cars around, and as to how long it might take, we would like to reduce our greenhouse gas

00:36emission, our carbon footprint, as quickly as possible, but we can always look at whether

00:42the deadline makes sense or not.

00:43And we have certainly said that if you want to buy Tesla, go ahead, but don't count on

00:50taxpayer money to subsidize it.

00:53U.S. based suppliers will no longer be able to bid on city contracts.

01:03Businesses who have been most impacted by U.S. tariff must be supported.

01:10The workers will be hurt.

01:15Working together, Toronto has tackled difficult challenges in the past, SARS, the 2008 financial

01:25crisis, and the COVID pandemic.

01:29Each time, we emerge stronger.

01:34United, we will do it again.