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Ottawa had been aware of a possible Stellantis plant sale for months, source says
Prime Minister Mark Carney said the sale would breach Stellantis’s commitments under a 2022 retooling deal that included up to $529 million in federal support.
- On Monday, Stellantis announced plans to sell the Brampton Assembly Plant to Roshel Inc., prompting Prime Minister Mark Carney to characterize the move as a "betrayal of the workers" and of obligations to Canada.
- Stellantis halted operations at the facility in 2023, causing more than 2,000 layoffs, while Ontario withheld funding for the Brampton retooling initiative because the company failed to meet job creation milestones.
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford warned in a letter to Carney on Tuesday against using the plant for "Chinese-made knock-down kits," stating, "We can't bring in kits from China. Can't happen."
- Industry Minister Mélanie Joly is convening a stakeholder meeting in Toronto this Thursday to address the economic fallout, though sources indicate Joly could not block the transaction before it happened.
- Reports indicate the government "knew the terms of the proposed sale" and held "more than a dozen meetings" with involved companies, though a spokesperson for Joly stated she "had no part in negotiating.
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Ottawa had been aware of Stellantis-Roshel talks for months, source says
The federal government had been made aware for months about the possibility that Stellantis would sell its Brampton, Ont., assembly plant to a light armoured vehicle manufacturer, a source has told CBC News.
·Ottawa, Canada
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Milan, 12 Nov. (askanews) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney returns to accuse Stellantis of failing to meet the industrial and employment commitments made in Canada, after the decision to sell the Brampton plant to the Roshel armored vehicle manufacturer. The dispute is at the center of a summit convened today in Toronto between [...]
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