Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded to federal government calls for the province to help fund commitments Canada made to automaker Stellantis by saying he is 'disappointed' with how Ottawa has handled the issue.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is responding to federal government calls for the province to help fund commitments Canada made to automaker Stellantis by saying he is "disappointed" with how Ottawa has handled the issue.The Canadian PressCrews work at the Windsor electric vehicle battery plant on Saturday. By Monday, Stellantis had stopped most construction on the plant.
"Hopefully, the federal government will step up and I'm always willing to work collaboratively with them, just like we have with all the other auto deals," Ford said in the halls of the legislature.
Federal ministers are now saying they want Ontario to pay its "fair share" in order to make the Stellantis deal happen, but Ford said he doesn't know what that means.Automaker Stellantis has stopped some construction on its Windsor EV battery plant, saying the federal government hasn't delivered its promised share of cash. But the Canadian Taxpayers Federation is saying, stop giving money away. Federal director Franco Terrazano joins host Allison Devereaux to share more.
She said MPs from other provinces and other provincial governments are asking her what their provinces are going to get, as they watch Ottawa pour billions into auto deals in Ontario."I take that concern very seriously," she said. "And from my perspective, the way to ensure that the federal government's industrial policy delivers for the whole country is to ensure that provinces that are getting the direct benefit pay their share, and that is what's happening.
Ford said the province signed its own deal with Stellantis for a $500-million capital contribution — the same amount it committed to Volkswagen — and Ontario hasn't been involved in the federal government's production incentive discussions."I'm just disappointed right now, the fact that we weren't involved, they never talked to us," Ford said.
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