Canada Gives Stellantis 30 Days to Address Brampton Plant Funding Breach
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Canada issued Stellantis a notice of default on November 12 and gave it 30 days to address alleged violations or face legal action, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said. The notice concerns the government funding agreement for the Brampton plant, after Joly said the company halted production without naming a replacement vehicle. The government considers this a breach of the agreement’s terms, while Joly said the company owes hundreds of millions of dollars. The notice puts the plant’s sale and production plans shifted to the United States at the center of a dispute over commitments tied to Canadian industrial support. The deadline was announced before it was clear whether the two sides would reach a resolution within the specified period.
Stellantis agreed on Monday to sell the Brampton plant to Roshel, the Canadian armored vehicle manufacturer, the Associated Press reported. The agency said Stellantis offered to repay government funding received for the Brampton project but did not disclose the amount. A specific figure for the offer could not be confirmed or compared with the government’s estimate. The deal comes as Ottawa says the agreement’s commitments were not fulfilled as agreed. The 30-day period gives the company an opportunity to address the violations before the government proceeds with the legal action it has threatened.
The funding commitments date back to an agreement announced in 2022 to help Stellantis upgrade its Brampton and Windsor plants to produce electric vehicles. The government said its federal contribution could reach C$529 million, while a government document said support of up to $529 million would back an investment worth $3.6 billion. Ontario, alongside federal funding, announced support of up to $513 million for the project. According to a government memo, $222,358,464 had been disbursed to the project through fiscal year 2024-25, in installments between fiscal years 2022-23 and 2024-25. These figures show the scale of public support tied to the plan to convert the two facilities, which the government cites in seeking fulfillment of the Brampton commitments.
The production dispute stems from the decision to move plans to manufacture the Jeep Compass from Brampton to Illinois, according to the Associated Press. The agency said the move left more than 2,000 Canadian workers without jobs. A government memo adds that Stellantis announced on October 14, 2025, that it would reopen its Belvidere plant in Illinois to produce two Jeep vehicles, one of them the Compass. Compass production was planned to begin in Brampton during 2026 before the plan was shifted to Illinois. The government says the company halted production in Brampton without designating a replacement vehicle, which it considers a breach of the funding agreement.
The Canadian administration had previously begun a separate dispute-resolution process under the agreement on November 3, 2025, according to a government memo. It then gave the company 30 days to submit a plan for the Brampton plant and froze all future payments under the agreement. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada describes its approach to non-compliance as beginning with an attempt to secure voluntary compliance. If that fails, a notice of violation is issued and the recipient is given an opportunity to take corrective action. If non-compliance continues, default may be declared and the government may seek to recover funds or take legal action.
Joly said she intends to meet with the company’s global chief executive, Antonio Filosa, and the Ontario government to find a solution. This negotiating track comes as the government calls on the company to correct the violations within the notice period and says its claim is worth hundreds of millions. Stellantis has not disclosed the value of the funding it offered to repay, and available sources do not report a final settlement of the amount owed. In the market, the company’s shares closed at $3.86 on November 12, according to EL7 data. The data provided do not include a reliable session high.