OTTAWA — An increasing majority of Canadians view the federal government’s goal of seeing all new vehicle sales be zero-emission by 2035 as “unrealistic” and believe the rule ought to the scrapped, a new survey suggests. Article content

The polling firm Leger surveyed 1,617 respondents on their thoughts about the federal sales mandate for electric vehicles at the same time as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government faces pressure from industry to abandon the policy. Article content

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The survey introduced the question by describing the mandate as key to the federal government’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector.

“Currently, the federal government plans to prohibit the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035, m

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