Keith Nuthall

The C$7 billion Northvolt battery project will attract significant government subsidies.

With 80.5% voting in favor, support for the GM deal was stronger than for Unifor’s earlier pattern-setting deal with Ford, which was supported by just 54% of members.

Recruitment programs and paid training among solutions for North American companies.

The new tentative agreement covering almost 4,300 GM workers calls for base hourly wage increases of nearly 20% for production employees and 25% for skilled tradespersons over the next three years.

The contract with Ford workers includes a 15% pay rise over its three-year term and the first pension improvements since 2005.

David Adams, president and CEO, Global Automakers of Canada, says most international automakers “look at Canada and the U.S. as one big market with respect to product planning.”

Neither Ford nor Unifor is releasing details of the tentative agreement reached nearly 24 hours after the last contract between the two sides expired. Ratification votes by the union’s 5,600 Ford workers in Canada are...

Brian Kingston, president and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Assn., says a key benefit to Canada is the country’s inclusion in EV-sourcing requirements written into the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act: