Carney government actively involved in talks leading to Stellantis plant sale: sources

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The federal government was actively and intensively part of discussions that ended in the agreement to sell a Stellantis car assembly plant to Canadian armoured vehicle manufacturer Roshel, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the talks.

OTTAWA – The federal government was actively and intensively part of discussions that ended in the agreement to sell a Stellantis car assembly plant to Canadian armoured vehicle manufacturer Roshel, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the talks. The sources said the federal government also did not stand in the way of the deal in those private discussions. Stellantis announced the sale of the Brampton, Ont., car assembly plant to Roshel on Monday. The plant has been idle since 2023, with more than 2,200 workers on lay-off pay. Roshel has said it will re-tool the plant for both auto and defence manufacturing.

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