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Ottawa Serves Stellantis With Default Notice Over Brampton Jobs Commitment

The government cites job guarantees tied to taxpayer funding that it says the automaker failed to meet.

Cars pass along the assembly line at the Stellantis plant in Brampton, July, 2023.
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Overview

  • Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said Ottawa has served Stellantis with a notice of default under funding contracts tied to projects in Brampton and Windsor.
  • The move follows a formal dispute process and Stellantis’s October decision to shift Jeep Compass production to Illinois, leaving about 3,000 Brampton workers without a vehicle program.
  • Government records show Stellantis received at least $222 million for retooling the Brampton and Windsor plants, and the NextStar battery joint venture received more than $530 million.
  • Joly maintains the agreements contained job guarantees for Brampton, though not all contract details have been made public.
  • Stellantis disputes any breach, says the Brampton plant is paused rather than closed, and points to ongoing talks and a third shift being added in Windsor.