An Industry Department official has confirmed that the Liberal government paid subsidies to Volkswagen to build its first overseas electric vehicle (EV) battery cell plant in Ontario, but said the amount cannot yet be made public.
Sheryl Groeneweg, the Department of Industry’s director general of advanced manufacturing, recently told the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry that she is aware of how much money Ottawa paid Volkswagen to incentivize building the plant in Canada, but would not reveal the amount, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
