Federal government will issue Stellantis a notice that it has violated its funding agreements 

December 4,2025

RED FM News Desk

The federal government will issue Stellantis a notice stating that the company has breached its funding agreements. Joly announced the move while testifying before the House of Commons’ international trade committee, amid continuing backlash over Stellantis’s revelation in October that it is cancelling plans to build a Jeep model at its Brampton plant — leaving about 3,000 workers without a vehicle to produce, at least for now. 

“In protecting auto jobs, we will not let these industries down,” Joly said in her opening remarks. She noted that the government launched a formal dispute-resolution process with Stellantis last month in response to the company’s decision. 

Stellantis has received at least $222 million under an agreement to retool both the Brampton and Windsor plants. NextStar Energy — a joint venture between Stellantis and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution — has also secured more than $530 million in federal funding in recent years. Joly has said those contracts include job guarantees for the Brampton plant, though not all of the agreements have been released publicly. 

Stellantis, meanwhile, maintains that the Brampton plant has not been closed and says it is working with the government and other partners “to find viable solutions” for the facility.