How does the government force you to buy an electric vehicle if you don't want one. The only way  is to produce a vehicle that people want to purchase, otherwise the auto industry will be left with thousands of cars nobody wants.

Consider this from the "Environment and Climate Change Canada"

"The level of emissions per unit of gross domestic product was 33% lower in 2015 than in 1990. "
"The amount of GHGs emitted per person in Canada decreased to 20.1 tonnes CO2 eq in 2015, compared with 22.1 tonnes CO2 eq in 1990."
"These improvements are attributable to a number of factors such as more efficient industrial processes, a shift to a more service-based economy and a decrease in the emissions associated with energy generation (such as those realized through fuel switching)."

In short Canada has been doing well. Why have green hose gases gone up? We have more people.