Stellantis and LG Energy Solution will build an electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, beating out competing jurisdictions from across the continent. It’s a $5.1 billion investment that will create 2,500 jobs, heralded as the largest investment in Canadian automotive history. Ontario is a small player in their global chain of operations with just two plants. The Ford government has been active in recruiting new investment in the manufacturing sector, has developed plans for helping companies locate sites for their facilities and to get speedy approvals. Manufacturing accounts for 10% of all the jobs in Ontario, bigger than the civil service, education and bigger than education, surpassed only by health care and other services such as retail. “Our province has what it takes to develop . . .
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