OTTAWA—Canada’s Industry Minister Melanie Joly reiterated Friday that Stellantis STLA -4.46%decrease; down pointing triangle could be on the hook for hundreds of millions in repayments to the government unless the company’s factory near Toronto resumes auto production.
The plant, in Brampton, Ontario, has been idle since 2024, and Stellantis is in advanced talks to sell that factory to a Canadian armored-car maker.
“That plant needs to reopen. We need a new model. If not we’ll get our money back,” said Joly, who has threatened to sue Stellantis to recoup cash that lawmakers gave the car maker to retool its factories in Brampton and Windsor, Ontario.
Watch out Stellantis! Joly is on the case!
