{"id":214139,"date":"2025-10-15T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T06:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/214139\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T06:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T06:00:07","slug":"stellantis-shifts-jeep-production-to-illinois-from-brampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/214139\/","title":{"rendered":"Stellantis shifts Jeep production to Illinois from Brampton"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Brampton plant has been idle since 2023, and work on retooling for new vehicles halted in February, after Donald Trump announced tariffs on imported automobiles.Chris Young\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Stellantis NV STLA-N<\/a> says it is moving production of the Jeep Compass to Illinois from Brampton, Ont., part of a US$13-billion plan to boost production in the United States.<\/p>\n

The Brampton plant has been idle since 2023, and work on retooling for new vehicles halted in February, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to lay 25 per cent tariffs on imported automobiles.<\/p>\n

The factory northwest of Toronto had been slated to produce the Jeep Compass when it reopened, but more than 3,000 unionized Stellantis employees remain on layoff while the plant\u2019s future remains unclear. <\/p>\n

Stellantis on Tuesday said it plans to boost U.S. production in the U.S. by 50 per cent over the next four years, producing five additional models and adding more than 5,000 jobs in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs part of this announcement, we will move one model from Canada to the U.S.,\u201d Stellantis said in response to questions from the Globe and Mail. \u201cWe have plans for Brampton and will share them upon further discussions with the Canadian government.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement Stellantis\u2019s decision is a \u201cdirect consequence\u201d of U.S. tariffs and possible future trade actions. \u201cUntil a more certain trade environment for the North American Auto sector is established through the upcoming review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, decisions on new investments in the auto sector will continue to be affected.\u201d<\/p>\n

The head of Unifor, which represents Stellantis workers, called on the federal government to fight for the jobs. <\/p>\n

\u201cCanadian auto jobs are being sacrificed on the Trump altar,\u201d Lana Payne said. \u201cStellantis cannot be allowed to renege on its commitments to Canadian workers, and governments cannot stand by while our jobs are shifted to the United States. Saving Brampton Assembly must now be this country\u2019s top priority, sending a strong message to any corporation thinking they can take the same egregious actions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said he was \u201cdeeply disappointed\u201d with Stellantis\u2019s move, which he called a \u201cstep backward\u201d from the commitment the company made to workers and their families.<\/p>\n

In 2023, Stellantis\u2019s chief operating officer at the time said the company was committed to the plant and assured the press and employees it would reopen with new models after the retooling. \u201cI\u2019ve given a reassurance in writing to the province, to the feds as well, that we absolutely are committed on the agreements we have with \u2026 Brampton,\u201d Mark Stewart said. <\/p>\n

In a statement on Tuesday, Stellantis provided no details on its plans for the plant. \u201cWe have been in Canada for over 100 years, and we are investing. We are adding a third shift to the Windsor Assembly Plant to support increased demand of all versions of the Chrysler Pacifica and the new Sixpack-powered Dodge Charger Scat Pack and R\/T models. Canada is very important to us.\u201d <\/p>\n

Stellantis said its new U.S. investments include:<\/p>\n

-US$600-million to reopen the plant in Belvidere, Ill., with production of the Jeep Compass and Cherokee by 2027, adding 3,300 jobs. <\/p>\n

-US$400-million to move production of a truck previously planned for Belvidere to Toledo, Oh., by 2028.<\/p>\n

-$100-milion to retool the Jeep plant in Warren, Mich., to add an electric vehicle and gas-powered SUV. <\/p>\n

Mr. Trump says the import taxes on cars and other goods are intended to foster domestic manufacturing. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to make our own cars,\u201d Mr. Trump said in May. \u201cWe don\u2019t really want cars from Canada. And we put tariffs on cars from Canada and at a certain point, it won\u2019t make economic sense for Canada to build those cars.\u201d <\/p>\n

His trade policies upend decades of free trade in the auto sector that relies on an invisible border for efficient, just-in-time production. A car part typically crosses the border six or seven times before final assembly. <\/p>\n

Auto parts are not subject to tariffs if they are compliant with the North American free trade agreement. But aluminum and steel face tariffs of 50 per cent, driving up costs for suppliers. <\/p>\n

Ontario is also home to plants owned by Ford, General Motors, Honda and Toyota. Ford\u2019s Oakville plants is idle but work is progressing on a retooling to make heavy-duty pickup trucks, the company has said.<\/p>\n

Since Mr. Trump\u2019s import taxes were put in place, there have been thousands of layoffs in Ontario\u2019s auto sector, which mainly produces cars for the U.S market. Some companies have delayed new products and cancelled shifts.<\/p>\n

Toyota has called the tariffs on its Ontario exports to the U.S. \u201cunsustainable in the long term.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: The Brampton plant has been idle since 2023, and work on retooling for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,45,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-214139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}