Canada will start dispute resolution process over Stellantis jobs lost to U.S., Joly says

Samantha Craggs · CBC News

· Posted: Nov 03, 2025 12:30 PM EST | Last Updated: November 3

Canada is starting a quality solution process against Stellantis aft the automaker said past period that it’s moving jobs to the U.S.

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly told a parliamentary committee Monday that Ottawa wants to retrieve immoderate of the taxation dollars it has committed to Stellantis. 

Joly said Stellantis moving accumulation of the Jeep Compass from Brampton, Ont., to Illinois is simply a usurpation of a contract.

"Today, earlier the adjacent of business, the authorities volition instrumentality the adjacent measurement nether the contracts to retrieve Canadian taxpayers’ money,” Joly said. 

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“This means that we volition commencement the 30-day play of the ceremonial quality solution process successful bid to bring backmost accumulation astatine the Brampton facility. This is the commencement of the quality solution process."

In September, the institution said it would beryllium scrapping plans to physique the caller Jeep Compass successful Brampton, alternatively moving accumulation to Belvidere, Ill.

The NextStar EV artillery works successful Windsor, Ont., is shown nether operation successful the summertime of 2023. (Patrick Morrell/CBC)

The Canadian government, on with the province, has pledged billions successful subsidies for the automaker nether assorted contracts. This includes a associated committedness of $15 cardinal to assistance Stellantis spouse with NextStar/LG for a caller electrical conveyance (EV) artillery works successful Windsor.

Ontario and the national authorities besides provided millions to assistance Stellantis retool its Windsor and Brampton plants to ramp up EV production.

Stephanie Tanton, adjunct lawman curate of Innovation Canada, told the committee the declaration astir retooling is inactive nether wraps due to the fact that it contains confidential commercialized details.

“We’re moving with the institution astatine this clip to beryllium capable to disclose the agreement,” she said. 

Stellantis maintains nary jobs mislaid successful Brampton

Both Tanton and Philip Jennings, lawman curate of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, said determination were occupation guarantees successful the agreement, but stopped abbreviated of elaborating. 

The Brampton Assembly Plant Ontario pictured connected Oct. 15, the time Stellantis announced it would beryllium moving conveyance accumulation to the U.S. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)

“Some we deliberation are connected way toward a breach,” Jennings told the committee. 

For its part, Stellantis said Monday that the Brampton works is paused, not closed, and "no jobs person been lost."

"We person robust supports successful spot to assistance mitigate the effects of this determination and are offering transportation opportunities astatine different Stellantis facilities wherever possible," said spokesperson LouAnn Gosselin.

"We proceed to enactment constructively with authorities partners and other stakeholders connected a program for Brampton to find viable solutions that physique a sustainable, semipermanent aboriginal for automotive manufacturing successful Canada."

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Members of Parliament connected the committee asked Joly astir occupation guarantees successful the contracts, including those revealed by CBC Windsor past week. 

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Joly said the contracts are interlinked and see guarantees. She besides said the committedness for the caller Windsor works hasn’t been wholly spent yet. 

Raquel Dancho, Conservative MP for Kildonan—St. Paul successful Manitoba, criticized the authorities for not being much forthcoming. 

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“We’re talking astir billions, and billions and billions of dollars,” she said. 

Joly said the parties “are not connected antithetic teams here. We each privation the aforesaid thing, and that aforesaid happening is bringing backmost accumulation astatine Brampton.”

“It’s important for autoworkers to recognize that we cognize there’s anxiousness retired there,” she said.

“We cognize we are astatine a pivotal infinitesimal wherever we person to combat for each azygous job.”