A 1st in Canada, $1.6B EV battery separator plant to open in Port Colborne, Ont., in 2027 | CBC News LoadedA small city nestled in southern Ontario's Niagara Region will be home to a new $1.6-billion electric vehicle battery plant. Politicians at the announcement on Tuesday didn't say how many jobs the plant will produce and who will get them.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the plant expected to open in 2027 in Port Colborne, Ont.
Steele said Asahi Kasei has already been taking orders and the plant should be operational in 2027. It'll take up half of a 162-hectare parcel of land along Highway 140 that's owned by BMI Group.Asahi Kasei president Koshiro Kudo told reporters Tuesday the company has been aiming to build a separator plant abroad for the past few years, looking in Europe and the United States before settling in Canada.
"I can assure you that, in all our discussions with partners like Asahi Kasei and all the others, we've always made sure that we maximize the number of jobs for Canadians, not only during the plant and the construction phase, but certainly making sure that all the suppliers will be involved in that."
Union leaders, federal Conservatives and the NDP have been demanding assurances from Trudeau that he will ensure jobs are going to Canadians as he rolls out successive announcements on EV and parts plants.Canada's next EV supply chain plant landing in Port Colborne, Ont. Mark LaForme, director of Mississauga of the Credit First Nation's Department of Consultation and Accommodation, said there's been no consultation from anyone about the project.
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