NextStar Confirms Windsor Battery Plant to Temporarily Employ Hundreds of South Koreans

Published on November 23, 2023

The electric vehicle battery plant being built in Windsor, Ontario, will temporarily employ hundreds of South Koreans, the company NextStar Energy has confirmed. The Liberal government has downplayed throughout the week information from the Windsor Police to the effect that 1,600 South Korean workers would be coming to help set up the plant subsidized by $15 billion in taxpayer funds. The information came from a meeting with the South Korean ambassador. The South Korean embassy has also confirmed to The Epoch Times that its citizens would be in Canada temporarily to work on the plant. NextStar Energy told this publication in a statement that during the construction of the plant, approximately 1,600 original equipment manufacturer (OEM) technicians would be involved in the project. NextStar is the name of the joint venture between European carmaker Stellantis and South Korean company LG Energy Solutions....