A House of Commons committee has unanimously supported a motion to confidentially review the contract for the government’s multi-billion subsidy promised to Volkswagen Canada to build a battery plant in Ontario. The review will also include an appearance by Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne at the closed meeting.
Conservative MP Rick Perkins introduced the motion to the Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology on April 24 calling for a one-meeting study on Ottawa’s decision to spend $13.8 billion in subsidies on a new Volkswagen electric vehicle (EV) battery cell factory in St. Thomas, Ontario, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
