Obviously these buses won't be powered by batteries with Noront minerals but very clear the electrification of public transportation fleets is not just PR.

Feds pumping in real money for EV orders will push commodity prices that will push along the Northern Link road to Eagle's Nest and then the permits for the mine.

As always Quebec looking after its own with Lion Electric getting bulk of orders. On a side note, those Taiga electric snowmobile and jetski look phenomenal!

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One measure included the electrification of 65 per cent of school buses by 2030.

The government announced Friday morning that $250 million will be invested over the next three years to achieve that goal of electrifying the fleet. 

2021: 800 buses

2022: 1013 buses

2023: 779 buses

https://globalnews.ca/news/7784257/quebec-electric-school-buses-2030/

This funding is part of an eight year, $14.9 billion public transit investment recently outlined by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and will also support municipalities, transit authorities and school boards with transition planning, increase ambition on the electrification of transit systems, and deliver on the government's commitment to help purchase 5,000 zero-emission buses over the next five years.   .

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-investing-to-electrify-transit-systems-across-the-country-895599052.html