Ontario offering more money to automaker Stellantis, Ford says
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is offering more money in a bid to keep automaker Stellantis from pulling out of building an electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor.
Ontario is offering more money in a bid to keep automaker Stellantis from pulling out of building an electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont., Premier Doug Ford said Friday.
Stellantis and LG Energy Solution announced last year that they were building the $5-billion plant, but have in recent days stopped construction and warned they were implementing contingency plans because the federal government hasn’t lived up to an agreement.
The CEOs of the two companies wrote last month to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, saying Ottawa had confirmed in writing five times that it would match production incentives under the United States’ Inflation Reduction Act, but has not delivered on those commitments.
But the federal government has been pressuring Ontario to pitch in as well, saying the province also has to pay its “fair share.”
Ford has said he is disappointed with how the federal government has handled the issue since the province didn’t make those production subsidy commitments, but said he is working with officials in Ottawa.
“I will confirm we’re putting more money on the table,” he said after an unrelated announcement in St. Catharines, Ont.
“This is all about saving jobs and giving people the quality of life they deserve in southwestern Ontario.”
Stellantis has said the battery facility to supply plants in North America will employ about 2,500 people. Auto parts makers expect the total impact to be about 10,000 indirect jobs.
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