Ontario Demands Ottawa Disclose Number of Foreign Workers at Windsor Battery Plant

The Ontario government is asking Ottawa to “disclose the number of foreign workers” it will allow at the Windsor, Ontario, electric vehicle battery gigafactory, which is under construction thanks to $15 billion in taxpayer subsidies. Ontario Labour Minister David Piccini and Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli have penned a letter calling on the federal government to make public the actual number of foreign workers at the NextStar plant. They also want Ottawa to reveal how many workers will be arriving under federal programs. The letter, addressed to federal Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault and federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan, says they “are extremely concerned about reports of international workers linked to the NextStar project hired under the federal work permitting system.” ...