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Donation came less than a month before U.S. president's threat to block bridge's opening. The wealthy owner of a nearly century-old bridge connecting Michigan and Ontario gave $1 million US to a Trump-aligned political action committee (PAC) less than a month before the U.S. president unleashed an online tirade against a new, competing bridge, records show. Matthew Moroun, whose family...
The federal government is escalating its fight with automotive giant Stellantis over the company's decision to move some production to the U.S., despite receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in Canadian taxpayer incentives in recent years. Industry Minister Minister Mélanie Joly said Thursday that the government will serve Stellantis with a notice of default under the funding contracts related to...
Government accounting records show spending for last fiscal year. The federal government paid Stellantis more than $220 million to help upgrade its plants in Ontario before the automaker revealed plans to move some production to the U.S., recent records show. It’s more than double the amount the federal government disclosed when asked in October about its Stellantis spending, after the...
Members of Parliament from multiple parties slammed Stellantis on Tuesday for failing to show up to a committee hearing about the federal government’s multimillion-dollar funding deals with the global automaker. “I am incredibly annoyed that Stellantis has not been able to join us,” said Vince Gasparro, the Liberal MP for Eglinton—Lawrence. “This is incredibly frustrating and […] at this point...
Confidential government deals worth billions of dollars to help fund a Stellantis-backed electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont., carry dozens of conditions that, if violated, give federal officials the power to end the agreements and even force repayment in some cases, according to copies obtained by CBC Windsor.
Multiple contractors allege they haven’t been paid for millions of dollars worth of work. Multiple Canadian contractors that have helped build a sprawling, taxpayer-supported electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in southwestern Ontario allege they haven't been paid for millions of dollars worth of work, court records show. Lawsuits between companies on complex projects like the NextStar Energy plant in Windsor...
A ballot recount in Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore has confirmed a Conservative win in the border city riding, formalizing the party's blue wave in Canada's most southern tip. The recount, which started Tuesday and wrapped up Thursday, narrowed Conservative candidate Kathy Borrelli's margin of victory over Liberal incumbent Irek Kusmierczyk to a mere four votes, according to Elections Canada.
A long-awaited tariff announcement from U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday spurred confusion and concern in Canada's automotive capital. The president, in a lengthy Rose Garden address at the White House, provided some relief to Canada by leaving it out of a list of nations facing new reciprocal tariffs from the U.S. But the Trump administration is maintaining previously announced...