City plans electric cleaning vehicles
The city is walking the talk by buying electrically powered sidewalk cleaning vehicles.
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Ephraim 12:35 on 2019-06-05 Permalink
And the part that they aren’t telling you… the reason that they can do this is because MadVac/Exprolink is in Quebec and makes an electric version. If they didn’t make one, they couldn’t buy it from another company because of the Quebec first clause…. which also likely means that MadVac/Exprolink is likely gouging the city on the price as well… because there is no one else we can buy from.
Jonathan 19:54 on 2019-06-05 Permalink
I’m not so sure that is the case, Ephraim. If the city criteria is that it be electric and the savings if purchasing one manufactured outside Quebec was significant they should be able to justify it. I’m not sure what the threshold is, but it’s not just Quebec first above all.
Ephraim 21:25 on 2019-06-05 Permalink
Jonathan, if MadVac didn’t have one of their own, they could repackage one and slap their name on it. But they can just price gouge… Montreal can’t buy from anyone else as long as they have one that meets that criteria and is made in Quebec. Which is exactly the problem with the law.
I remember Dell setting up a company here just so that the schools could order from them. Before that, they couldn’t order from Dell. This clause hurts more than it helps.