A Carleton University business professor is casting doubt on the number of jobs that will be added to Windsor’s economy by an electric vehicle battery factory.
Ian Lee says the country’s unemployment level is the lowest it’s been since the 1960s and calls the idea that Ontario is desperate to create new jobs as “nonsense,” adding the province is already seeing a critical shortage of workers.
Stellantis and LG Energy Solution will draw many of their employees from other plants that are already operating in the region, he says.
