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As auto companies retreat from Canada, do government subsidies still make sense?

GM Brightdrop EV Dropped

It’s the spring of 2022 and federal and Ontario government officials are standing on the floor of a General Motors plant in Oshawa, Ont., to announce they were giving the automaker more than half a billion dollars.

The Detroit-based carmaker would use the money as part of a $2-billion plan to reopen the Chevrolet Silverado truck plant in Oshawa and retool a factory in Ingersoll, Ont., to build BrightDrop electric parcel vans.

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