The move could escalate tension between Ottawa and the automakers, who have scaled back production in the country
OTTAWA—Canada estimates that officials will aim to recover “hundreds of millions of dollars” from Stellantis and General Motors after the companies scaled back production in the country, Industry Minister Melanie Joly said Tuesday.
Joly told reporters she would provide more details in the coming days. Seeking compensation of that scale is likely to escalate tension between Ottawa and North American automakers, whose share of automobile production in Canada has declined steadily in the past decade.
Canadian officials and representatives from Stellantis have been in talks since at least November after the automaker said it would shift production of the Jeep Compass from a factory in Brampton, Ontario, to Illinois. Earlier this decade, Canada provided the equivalent of just over one billion Canadian dollars, or about US$731 million, to the automaker to reconfigure the Brampton plant and maintain production in Canada.
WHAT 🤯 Melanie Joly just said they have
Imposed RESTRICTED access to the Canadian market, to GM!? That sounds like an escalation 👀 pic.twitter.com/NJA4JCr8c6— Melissa 🇨🇦 (@MelissaLMRogers) February 2, 2026
