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OTTAWA \u2014 Auto sector leaders wheeled a victory lap Thursday after Prime Minister Mark Carney released a national auto strategy killing the EV sales mandate for the new car market, while pledging $2.3 billion to restore consumer rebates of up to $5,000 per $50,000 electric car.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Carney rolled out the measures Thursday as part of a strategy to buffer the Canadian automotive industry from the fallout of the U.S.-led tariff war, while driving a pivot to what he believes is an inevitable electrification of the industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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