Big three automaker Stellantis is discussing options to potentially build electric vehicles (EVs) in Canada with Chinese partner Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology, potentially at an idle plant in Ontario. The Canadian discussions are focused on the idled Stellantis plant in Brampton, where thousands of workers were laid off when the automaker shifted production of the Jeep Compass to the Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois.  This decision “prompted fury from Carney’s government,” according to Bloomberg, which threatened to withdraw millions of dollars in taxpayer-backed subsidies from Stellantis. However, discussions with Industry Minister Melanie Joly now include the possibility of manufacturing cars with Leapmotor. Stellantis purchased...