OSHAWA – General Motors has announced that it will invest $63 million to improve stamping operations at its assembly facility in Oshawa, Ont.
This announcement comes after the company eliminated the third shift at the plant at the end of January, leading to around 500 direct layoffs from GM and impacting hundreds of other jobs at related suppliers that relied on that shift.
GM states that this investment highlights the significance of the Oshawa plant and aids in preparing for the production of the next generation of gas-powered full-sized pickups.
The company mentions that with this new investment, it has committed a total of $1.5 billion to the plant since 2020.
Oshawa remains GM’s only active vehicle assembly facility in Canada after ending production of its electric delivery van at its Ingersoll, Ont. location last year. The firm also manufactures engines at its St. Catharines, Ont. plant.
GM’s reduction in Canadian production coincides with U. S. President Donald Trump’s rollback of support for electric vehicles and implementation of tariffs aimed at shifting more vehicle assembly back to the United States.
