Opposition Parties Demand Assurances Locals Will Have Jobs Protected at New EV Plants

The Conservatives and the New Democrats have both called on the Liberal government to assure local Canadian workers that their jobs will be protected at new electric vehicle plants, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a $15 billion deal with Honda on April 25. Tory MP and industry critic Rick Perkins commented earlier this week on foreign workers being employed in EV plants that have been heavily subsidized by Canadian taxpayers, citing a report from Canada’s Building Trades Union (CBTU) that claimed foreign replacement workers were being employed at electric battery plants in southern Ontario. “Justin Trudeau’s offer of $44 billion in taxpayer money to massively profitable corporations did not even come with a promise that the jobs created would go to Canadian union workers,”  he said. “Instead, he has allowed foreign replacement workers to fill these roles.”...