The Canadian Transportation Fuel Cell Alliance is a $33 million federal government initiative that will demonstrate and evaluate fuelling options for fuel cell vehicles in Canada. Different combinations of fuels and fuelling systems will be demonstrated by 2008 - for light, medium and heavy duty vehicles. The initiative will also develop standards and training and testing procedures as related to fuel cell and hydrogen technologies.

Funding for the initiative comes from Action Plan 2000, a package of activities to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Canada - it is a $500 million commitment on the part of the federal government. These measures are expected to take Canada one third of the way to achieving the GHG reduction target established in the Kyoto Protocol, which is to reduce GHG emissions by 2012 to 1990 levels.