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Plan to use 900 foreign workers at Windsor EV battery plant called an ‘insult’ to Canadian labourers

A national organization representing skilled workers describes NextStar’s plan to use as many as 900 foreign workers to install equipment at…

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Politics

Plan to bring in South Korean workers for NextStar battery plant sparks backlash

Workers from South Korea will be coming to work on Windsor’s NextStar EV battery factory, sparking backlash from politicians who…

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Politics

EV battery deals to cost $5.8B more due to lost corporate tax on subsidies, budget officer says

Provincial and federal financial support for electric vehicle battery production will cost $5.8 billion more than government projections due to tax…

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Canada

Prime minister, B.C. premier announce $1B battery plant to be built in Maple Ridge

A lithium-ion battery cell production plant costing more than $1 billion will be built in Maple Ridge, B.C., Prime Minister Justin…

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Nova Scotia

How an award-winning Halifax professor nurtured a network of battery entrepreneurs

They call themselves the “Dahn lab” graduates, and they’re powering an unlikely, Halifax-based research hub for batteries designed to replace…

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Halifax

Dartmouth battery project aims to make the most out of renewable energy

DARTMOUTH, N.S. — A grid-scale battery project proposed in Dartmouth will help meet renewable energy goals, according to Nova Scotia…

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Canada

What’s going on with subsidized EV battery factories in Ontario?

With the recent announcement that Stellantis and LG Energy Solution are moving ahead with construction of their electric vehicle (EV)…

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Canada

Ontario pays 1/3 of the incentives for both Stellantis and VW Battery Plants

Ontario has made an auto pact with the federal government to pay not only a third of production premiums in…

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Politics

‘Massively expensive’: Canadian Taxpayers Federation takes aim at $15B deal for Windsor battery plant

The $15-billion agreement to keep an electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Windsor, Ont., is “massively expensive for taxpayers,” says the…

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Canada

Agreement reached to keep Stellantis-LG’s electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ontario.

Stellantis and LG Energy Solution have reached an agreement to continue construction of the NextStar battery plant in Windsor, the…

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