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PREMIER OF FEW WORDS
DOUG FORD is usually good for a sound bite, but the Premier had little to say publicly after Thursday’s sit-down with Stellantis. Federal Industry Minister MÉLANIE JOLY, on the other hand, had plenty.
Ottawa has served the automaker with a notice of default under its 2022 funding agreement, giving it 30 days to “correct” certain conditions, or else Ottawa is prepared to sue to get hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money back.
Ford, who rarely passes up a chance to rally with media when there’s good news to be had, kept it tight after the meeting at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto.
“It’s a discussion that we’ve got to carry on with the CEO,” Ford told CP24’s BEATRICE VAISMAN from behind his security detail as he ducked into the elevators. He wants that to happen “as quickly as possible.” The moment.
Ford had more to say in writing. Earlier this week, he wrote to Prime Minister MARK CARNEY urging the feds t…
