Liberal, NDP MPs Defeat Motion to Investigate Use of Foreign Workers at Subsidized EV Plants

Conservative MP Ryan Williams rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 31, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Liberal and NDP MPs have voted against a Tory motion to investigate foreign hiring at electric vehicle (EV) plants set to receive billions of dollars in government subsidies.

Tory MP Ryan Williams raised the issue during a meeting of the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology on April 29, as first covered by Blacklock’s Reporter. Mr. Williams asked the committee to invite auto executives and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne to appear for questioning on hiring for the EV projects.