Joly gives GM 15 days to detail ‘next steps’ for workers at Ontario plant
Global News
'Canadian workers deserve clarity and action, not uncertainty,' Joly said after meeting with representatives from GM, Unifor and the Ontario government Thursday.
Industry Minister Melanie Joly says she has given General Motors 15 days to deliver a full update on its “next steps” for workers at its plant in Ingersoll, Ont., after ending production there earlier this week.
“Canadian workers deserve clarity and action, not uncertainty,” Joly said in a brief social media statement after meeting with representatives from GM, Unifor and the Ontario government Thursday.
Separately, a government source told Global News that Ottawa will limit the number of vehicles GM and Stellantis can import tariff-free from the United States to sell in Canada.
The move, which was first reported by CBC News Thursday evening, comes after the government vowed to hold both companies accountable for threatening auto manufacturing jobs in Canada by shutting down production at two plants in Ontario.
General Motors said Tuesday that the decision to end production of the BrightDrop electric delivery van at its CAMI plant was demand-related, and it wasn’t moving production elsewhere.
The company had already temporarily cut production in April before fully idling the plant in May, leaving more than 1,200 unionized workers temporarily laid off. The plant was supposed to restart operations in November with a single shift that would have meant around half that number heading back to work.
Joly said she was putting together a “response group” with the goal of bringing a new model to be produced at the plant.
GM’s announcement came less than a week after Stellantis said it was moving production of its Jeep Compass from its plant in Brampton, Ont., to Illinois, as part of a surge of investment to the U.S.
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