The Ingersoll plant is expected to manufacture 50,000 electric vehicles by 2025.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford were in attendance Monday for the official opening of the retooled Ingersoll CAMI facility which will produce the BrightDrop, an electric delivery van.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Canada has the stable environment, reliable energy and the raw materials needed to draw this kind of investment, Trudeau said.Advertisement 3Canada also boasts a well-educated, diverse workforce and the fasted growing immigration rate of all G7 countries, Trudeau said.tap here to see other videos from our teamFord said his government has helped secure more than $16 billion in new auto-related investments over the past two years.
Ford acknowledged that his government cut subsidies for electric vehicle buyers in the early days of his first mandate, but argued the taxpayer-funded break was being used to purchase cars manufactured elsewhere.
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