The money will be crucial in the race to prevent the plant, slated to employ 2,500, from being lured away to the United States.
Premier Doug Ford says Ontario will sweeten the pot to keep the $5 billion“I will confirm we’re putting more money on the table,” Ford said Friday in St. Catharines.
Sources, speaking confidentially in order to freely discuss deliberations, told the Star that provincial and federal officials have been locked in crisis talks for days aimed at clearing the impasse. Unifor president Lana Payne, whose union represents the autoworkers, said on social media that she was “very pleased” by Ford’s comments.
Since then, all eyes have been on Ottawa and Queen’s Park for a next move, with federal Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne urging the Ontario government to“We’ve got a good deal with Volkswagen. We’re going to get a good deal with LG-Stellantis and we’ll get a deal we can afford as Canadians,” he told reporters on a trip to Seoul earlier this week.
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