Prime Minister Mark Carney is rejecting suggestions that his government was involved in the controversial sale of the Stellantis plant in Brampton to Roshel that will leave thousands of workers without jobs.
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But Carney made clear Thursday that his government continues to seek other investors, including from China, to boost the struggling Canadian auto sector.
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The extent to which China will be permitted to invest and build electric vehicles in Canada depends on his talks next week with President Xi Jinping, and on Canada’s sensitive trade negotiations with the United States, which opposes greater Chinese electric vehicle imports by Canada, Carney said.
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When he spoke with Canadian reporters on his arrival at a European summit in Dublin, the prime minister was asked if his government had prior knowledge of the Roshel purchase of the Brampton plant, which has sat idle for years.
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Carney drew a distinction between being informed of developments and encouraging or approving the sale.
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Stellantis still hasn’t met its obligation to propose an overall plan to protect jobs there, he said.
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“The issue for Stellantis is providing a global solution for the plant, so the Roshel deal is a partial solution for thousands of workers there,” he said.
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“So being informed or being aware of some aspects is not the same as Stellantis providing a solution for those workers at the plant, which is their obligation.”
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Founder Roman Shimonov hints at European automaker deal and says critics have it all wrong saying company will expand plant options.
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Founder Roman Shimonov hints at European automaker deal and says critics have it all wrong saying company will expand plant options.
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His remarks echoed denials by Industry Minister Melanie Joly’s office, which rejected as “false” media reports that characterized the Carney government as having played an active role in negotiations that led to the Brampton assembly plant being sold to defence contractor Roshel.
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Carney again condemned the decision by Stellantis to abandon auto production at the plant as a “betrayal” of the company’s commitment to its workers, and a violation of its legal commitment to the federal government in exchange for funding support for its EV battery plant.
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“The betrayal is not fulfilling all the obligations for all of the workers,” he said.
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That’s a responsibility they made multiple times, including in the (Windsor) battery deal that they signed with the government.
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We will pursue all of this.
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Asked whether Canada has drawn Chinese investment into Canadian auto manufacturing in the same way that Europeans have — which was one of the conditions of Carney’s January deal to ease tariffs on Chinese imports of up to 49,000 EVs this year — and whether he has changed his opposition to allowing Chinese ready-to-assemble or “knock-down” EV kits, Carney did not directly answer.
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He said Canadian autoworkers are the most productive in North America, and that his government is looking to other places, including Europe, for investment.
“So we want real opportunity for those workers.
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That is in a North American auto sector, that is with existing Asian partners, Korean partners, Japanese partners, European partners.
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I think you will see more European partnerships coming out of this relationship,” Carney said.
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“The extent to which there’s Chinese investment depends on a variety of factors, will be one of the discussions with President Xi,” he said.
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Carney suggested his participation at the meeting of the European Political Community — his second this year — is “part of a process of moving closer to Europe” that will bring more “affordability, cutting red tape, more competition in Canada, more goods, more choice, and security.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Dublin, where he will meet Thursday with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff about U.S.-mediated peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, which included discussions about a prisoner-of-war exchange.
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Zelenskyy urged more sanctions against Russia in an address to the leaders gathered in Dublin.
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Ukraine continues to experience throttled satellite communications which “directly affects our ability to intercept Russian jet-powered Shahed drones,” he said, without naming the satellite provider Starlink or its owner, Elon Musk.
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“We are trying to get details from the American side, but so far we know very little,” he said.
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French President Emmanuel Macron was scathing as he expressed frustration over U.S. claims to be mediating an end to the war in Ukraine, and called for Europe to have a seat at the negotiating table about the terms of any settlement.
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“In this resistance war, there is no more U.S. support,” he said.
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But at the end of the day, we will be the one to define and decide for our future security, as Europeans, I have no doubt about it.”
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The summit host, Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, said many European states “feel an existential threat because of what has happened in Ukraine and the potential if Ukraine was to fall for further aggression on the European continent.”
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Carney sidestepped a direct answer to the question of whether he believes the Trump administration’s efforts to find a just solution to end the war are sincere.
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“First of all, the responsibility for security guarantees is a European responsibility, with Canada, with the United States,” he said.
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But Carney offered no big expectation of a breakthrough: “We’ll see.
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“I hope that there will be progress,” said Martin.
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“I don’t know, to be frank with you, in terms of what will materialize.”
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Carney described his attendance at the gathering of European leaders as “part of a process of moving closer to Europe.”
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Martin said he also hoped Carney would take a message to Xi and Trump at next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in China that the world demands better global co-operation.
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“I think what the message is, fundamentally, in terms of middle powers and in terms of multilateralism, (is) that there’s a strong pushback in the world and there’s a strong reassertion from many countries about the principles and the values of multilateralism, fundamentally,” he said.
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