electric-vehicle battery plant

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will do everything he can to protect local jobs, he promised on Monday, as he met with a union concerned that foreign workers are taking Canadian jobs at a new electric-vehicle battery plant in southern Ontario.

The Liberal government's fall economic statement acknowledges the cost-of-living crisis weighing on Canadians but offers few new measures to tackle it, while pledging to keep deficits in check.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday, June 19, 2023, he remains confident his government will eventually support a connected loop of Atlantic and Quebec electricity, allowing the Maritimes to end its reliance on coal.

The federal Liberals have made it clear that Canada's road to a greener economy will be paved with billions of dollars in corporate subsidies.