Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Ontario's Premier Doug Ford said he received an assurance from Jeep maker Stellantis' Canadian chief the company will keep its Canadian plant open for future manufacturing.
Ford said Wednesday that the company's Brampton auto plant will continue running despite Tuesday's revelation that Jeep Compass production will shift to an American facility.
"I want to keep the Brampton plant open, no matter what," Ford said following talks with Stellantis Canada president Jeff Hines. "He's given me his word, they are going to keep it open."
Stellantis, the parent company of multiple auto brands including Jeep and Chrysler, announced this week plans to invest billions in the United States to reopen facilities and add roughly 5,000 U.S. jobs plants in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana over the next four years.
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