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ecoAUTO Program - 2006 Model Year ecoAUTO Eligibility

This is the site where you can find out if your car qualifies for the Feebate. The great and stupid thing about it is that my 2006 Smart is on the list, but since the initiative was only announced in March of this year, it doesn't qualify. Here is my original email, the response from Transport Canada, and my folow up today:

-----Original Message-----
From: cecil baird [mailto:cecil_baird@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 8:41 PM
To: WEB Feedback
Subject: febates

Hello; I bought a Smart Fourtwo 2006 model. How can I know if the feebate has been attached to the original price that I paid? I do not remember anything coming from the dealer on that issue, and never knew that my car would qualify until I read a piece in the newspaper today. Now I wonder if I will get a feebate for being somewhat of an environmentally responsible car driver, if there is such a thing.

Please advise,

Cecil Baird

Mr. Baird

I would like to thank you for your e-mail dated April 6, 2007, regarding the new ecoAUTO Rebate Program.

Due to the fact that this measure was announced on March 19, 2007 as part of the Federal Budget 2007, only vehicles appearing on the list that are purchased or leased (12 months or more) on or after March 20, 2007 are eligible.

The list of 2006 and 2007 model year vehicles eligible for the rebate can be found at http://www.tc.gc.ca/programs/environment/ecotransport/ecoauto.htm#2007vehicleeligibility.
Best Regards,

ecoAUTO Rebate Program


This decision seems unfair to me. My car is on the list at http://www.tc.gc.ca/programs/environment/ecotransport/ecoauto.htm#2007vehicleeligibility .


I have been driving it and 'saving' the environment since long before the Feebate pronouncement, yet I do not qualify. This seems wrong; I wonder if there is any provision for those of us who have taken a different road, with the foresight and desire to change the way we do things, that is to say, to be proactive, not re-active as the Feebate policy turns out to be.

Cecil Baird