TORONTO – A union representing autoworkers at the Brampton Assembly Plant in Ontario says Jeep production that had been slated there is being moved to Illinois.

Unifor says the move is included in a plan announced by automaker Stellantis on Tuesday to expand U.S. production by 50 per cent over the next four years.

It says the announcement comes after U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said last week that the Trump administration’s goal is to end vehicle assembly in Canada and move those jobs south.

The union says the provincial and federal governments need to demand that vehicle investment is retained in Brampton and use “every lever of influence at their disposal” to protect Canadian jobs.

Stellantis said in February that it was pausing work in Brampton amid a retooling of the pla

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