Canada competes with Detroit for auto investments, jobs – By Jamie L. LaReau (Detroit Free Press) / April 22, 2022
Ontario’s economic development boss Vic Fedeli remembers the moment the government decided to secure Ontario’s spot as the second-largest auto hub in North America behind Detroit.
It was a few years ago when Sergio Marchionne, the former chairman of Fiat Chrysler (now called Stellantis) logged a complaint.
“The then-chair of what was then called Fiat Chrysler suggested that the government of Ontario create the conditions to be more competitive,” Fedeli told the Detroit Free Press.
Marchionne died in July 2018. But when Doug Ford was elected premier of Ontario that year, Ford’s new government went to work on Marchionne’s request, said Fedeli, Ontario’s minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade.
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