Feds, Ontario offering Stellantis 'aggressive package' to keep Brampton auto plant open
Industry minister says funding for Brampton is contractually linked to Windsor plant
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The federal and Ontario governments are mounting a last-ditch effort to save the Stellantis auto plant in Brampton by pitching the company possible survival "scenarios" and offering an "aggressive package" of support to make it happen.
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Rather than hold a news conference to announce this latest step, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly revealed the plan in Woodbridge, Ont., at another announcement.
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"We've put an aggressive package to Stellantis to prevent the sale.
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And we are still in solution mode to prevent the sale," Joly said in response to a reporter's question about the future of the plant.
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Joly said the next move is for her, Unifor — the union representing workers at the plant — and Ontario Minister of Economic Development Vic Fedeli to meet with Stellantis global CEO Antonio Filosa to pitch the plan.
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Fedeli said Unifor has come up with more than one scenario for how the sale can be stopped and the plant "kept warm" until new Stellantis product lines can return.
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"They have brought forward some suggestions.
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These are men and women who have built products at Stellantis's Brampton plant for decades.
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They know exactly what needs to happen in that plant," Fedeli said.
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In October, the federal and Ontario governments announced an $8.7-billion support package for steel, critical mineral and auto sectors, with $2.5 billion earmarked for the auto sector over two years.
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Fedeli said the financial support for Unifor's suggested "scenarios" will be paid for out of that fund.
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"Not all of it, of course, but part of it is available for this solution," Fedeli said.
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In 2022, the Trudeau government promised to inject up to $529 million in Stellantis plants in Brampton and Windsor, Ont., to help them increase production of electric and gas-powered vehicles.
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More than 2,000 workers at Stellantis's Brampton plant have been out of work since the company halted operations in 2023 to begin that retooling process so the facility could produce the Jeep Compass.
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But Stellantis paused the retooling effort in early 2025, announcing in October of that year that the Jeep Compass would be built at the Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois instead.
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The plant's future in Brampton had been left in limbo until Monday, when Stellantis announced it was selling the facility to Canadian armoured vehicle maker Roshel Inc..
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"When it comes to Stellantis our position is clear: they cannot close the plant," Joly said.
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"If they would, we would sue them … and they're on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars."
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Last December, CBC News confirmed that the federal government had given $222 million to the Canadian arm of Stellantis between 2023 and 2025.
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CBC News asked the federal government for the most recent total but has yet to receive a response.
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But in a statement on Thursday, Stellantis Canada CEO Trevor Longley said the company will only return subsidies to the government to the tune of $24 million.
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The Brampton facility of Stellantis is linked to the Windsor plant and also the battery investments, that's why I've said and I continue to say Stellantis is on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars," Joly said Friday.
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President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association Flavio Volpe says that according to Stellantis's product plan, it still has four vehicles for the 2029 model year that have not been assigned to a plant.
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"Let's stop the sale, keep the plant warm and then work on landing those products here," Volpe told CBC News.
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