The National Post reports in its Friday edition that an internal government document reveals there was awareness among some officials that Ottawa ending its electric vehicle subsidies in January would lead to an "immediate" hit to EV sales and market uncertainty. The Post's Stephanie Taylor writes that the undated document prepared earlier this year by the deputy minister for innovation, science and economic development, comes as automakers press Prime Minister Mark Carney's government to reverse course on ambitious EV mandates as sales decline. "While many of Canada's EV and battery manufacturing projects continue to progress as planned, the slowdown in growth has contributed to delays, modifications, or scaling back of planned investments," says the partially redacted document, released to the Post under federal access-to-information legislation. Elsewhere it said that, without the EV subsidies, consumers would be drawn "to more affordable internal combustion and hybrid options." It outlines how slowing sales have been affecting EV and battery manufacturing projects in Ontario and Quebec. The mandates require 20 per cent of all passenger car sales next year to be zero-emission and 100 per cent by 2035.