The Ontario government has agreed to federal demands to put more provincial money on the table to save the Stellantis-LG electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor and help subsidize the Volkswagen battery plant in St. Thomas, Ont.
The new auto pact between the Canadian and Ontario governments will see the province cover one-third of the production incentives for both plants, rewriting the terms of the Volkswagen deal, which was initially announced in April.
The deal between the two governments, announced Thursday, is a product of months of negotiations between the two levels of government and the companies involved.
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