OTTAWA — Industry Minister Melanie Joly says the federal government is initiating a dispute resolution process under its contract with Stellantis over the company’s decision to relocate production of a new Jeep model to the U.S. Article content

She said on Monday that by the end of the day the government would begin the process in one of its contracts with Stellantis in the hopes of pressing the company to outline a plan for its facility in Brampton. Article content Article content

Joly announced the move while testifying before the parliamentary committee on industry, which called her to discuss the federal government’s plan to maintain the 3,000 jobs at the assembly plant in Brampton, Ont., where it had planned to manufacture the Jeep Compass model.

Joly told reporters after her

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