{"id":942857,"date":"2026-10-23T03:36:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T03:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/942857\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T03:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T03:36:35","slug":"union-urges-focus-on-brampton-plant-following-2-5-billion-auto-sector-funding-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/942857\/","title":{"rendered":"Union urges focus on Brampton plant following $2.5 billion auto sector funding boost"},"content":{"rendered":"

While an influx of $2.5 billion to help the auto industry is a welcome boost, Ottawa\u2019s focus needs to be on reopening the Stellantis assembly plant in Brampton, the president of Canada\u2019s largest private sector trade union says.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur auto sector and the workers who depend on (the plant) have been directly targeted by the Trump administration,\u201d Unifor National President Lana Payne said in a release on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a $8.7-billion plan this week to help bolster the province\u2019s key sectors \u2014 steel, critical minerals and auto manufacturing \u2014 as they continue to manage the fallout of tariffs from the United States.<\/p>\n

The plan includes $2.5 billion for the automotive sector, with the federal government chipping in $1.5 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And while Payne says the new funding will help support the auto industry amid the ongoing U.S. trade war on Canada, she says the government should \u201cfocus on sustaining threatened auto assembly operations in Brampton.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c(Wednesday\u2019s) announcement must propel both governments to address the most pressing challenge right now, and that\u2019s to stop the closure and sale of Brampton Assembly plant and preserve auto assembly and the jobs that it supports,\u201d Payne says.<\/p>\n

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The union is also calling for a solution to get workers back to the idled General Motors CAMI plant in Ingersoll.<\/p>\n

Unifor workers at the Stellantis plant have voted overwhelmingly in favour of authorizing a strike as a bitter contract dispute with the automaker continues<\/a>, with the future of the company\u2019s shuttered Brampton Assembly Plant emerging as a major sticking point.<\/p>\n

The vote followed two days of balloting on Oct. 17 and 18, as negotiations between the union and Stellantis remained at an impasse. The dispute comes as more than 2,200 workers at the assembly plant remain on layoff, with the facility\u2019s future uncertain nearly three years after production stopped.<\/p>\n

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Stellantis is now pursuing a potential sale of the facility to Brampton-based Roshel Inc., a Canadian manufacturer of armoured vehicles. Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown has called the plant\u2019s possible sale to Roshel a \u201cbetrayal,\u201d and says Stellantis has allowed itself to be \u201cbullied\u201d by Trump\u2019s attack on Canada\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n

Payne says the $2.5 billion in funding will \u201chelp automakers invest in modern machinery and upgraded production lines to strengthen the sector amid tariff turmoil.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe view this as a vote of confidence in our domestic auto sector that employs half a million Canadian workers,\u201d she said. \u201cIt also reinforces a critical message: there is a future for auto manufacturing in Canada, and we must continue to fund it and fight for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unifor is calling for public investments to be paired with enforceable commitments, and says multi-billion-dollar funding agreements with automakers \u201cmust come with strict, long-term guarantees for Canadian production and jobs to prevent investment and manufacturing capacity from moving elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canada has launched a dispute resolution process against Stellantis after the feds and the province pledged billions in subsidies to the automaker under various contracts. That included a joint commitment of $15 billion to help Stellantis partner with NextStar\/LG for a new electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Windsor.<\/p>\n


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