alt Hacker NewsThere's a special excise tax on gasoline for highway and road maintenance.
EVs don't pay that tax because they use normal electricity. So Alberta introduced a $200 EV fee to match the average revenue from the excise tax.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-electric-veh...
It sounds like the more accurate framing, then, is "I'm not getting a tax break for having an EV". Which is disappointing sure, but not outrageous either.