Stellantis holding governments ‘to ransom’ with threat to pull out of Windsor battery plant, says environmental advocate

The federal and Ontario governments have sparred in public recently following demands from auto giant Stellantis to top up its subsidy agreement to match the deal with Volkswagen.
Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne's office says the federal government is negotiating 'in good faith' with Ontario and Stellantis 'to secure the future of Canada's auto industry.'

The federal government is stuck having to sweeten its billion-dollar agreements to subsidize Ontario's electric vehicle supply chain as it faces "brinkmanship" from automakers that threaten to chase larger subsidies offered by the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, say observers....

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