May 19, 2025
Doug Ford's Christmas wish list includes another auto plant
Now is Ontario’s time to strike, to show that the province is open for business and to land new assembly and parts plants. So let’s hope Premier Ford and his ministers have Santa on their side as they try to land a deal.
Now is Ontario’s time to strike, to show that the province is open for business and to land new assembly and parts plants. So let’s hope Premier Ford and his ministers have Santa on their side as they try to land a deal.

Premier Doug Ford better be hoping that Santa is good to him and Ontario this Christmas.

In the wake of GM shutting down its auto assembly operations in Ontario this past week — after more than 100 years of production — the province desperately needs some good news for our auto sector.

“I’m hopeful,” Ford said Monday during an exclusive interview with the Sun.

I had asked him about the future of the auto industry in Ontario and whether we would be getting a new assembly plant in the near future.

“I just got off the phone with the CEO of Magna two days ago, he has some great announcements he’s bringing forward,” Ford said. “We’re going to continue to drive efficiencies to make sure that we’re competitive when it comes to building automobiles.”

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