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Canadian leaders are naive to be shocked over Stellantis pulling Jeeps from Brampton
The Stellantis vehicle assembly plant in Brampton, Ont., on Wednesday. Stellantis has announced plans to move production of its Jeep Compass to Illinois.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
Gus Carlson is a U.S.-based columnist for The Globe and Mail
The biggest surprise about Stellantis’s STLA-N decision to move production of its Jeep Compass model to Illinois from Brampton and put 3,000 Canadian jobs in limbo is not that it happened but the level of shock among Canadian leaders that it did.
From Ottawa to Queen’s Park to the mayor’s chambers in Brampton, the gasps of apparent disbelief, hurt and betrayal were breathtakingly naive.
A lawsuit against Stellantis threatened by Industry Minister Melanie Joly just hours after the company’s announcement suggests that everyone who should have been paying attention was caught flat-footed and is now in full crisis mode.
In the current trade environment, no one should be surprised. Everything is in play at all times. This is exactly what U.S. President © The Globe and Mail
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