A timeline of Stellantis' assembly plant in Brampton, Ont.

Summary

• Stellantis officially signed an agreement with defence contractor Roshel on Nov. 9, 2026, to sell its idled Brampton, Ont., assembly plant for an undisclosed amount.
• The plant was idled in December 2023 for retooling to produce the Jeep Compass electric SUV, resulting in the layoff of more than 2,200 Unifor Local 1285 workers.
• Retooling halted in 2025 after U.S. President Donald Trump rolled out tariffs, leading Stellantis to move planned production to Illinois in October 2025.
• Canadian officials, including Industry Minister Mélanie Joly \& Prime Minister Mark Carney, criticized the production shift, citing broken commitments made in exchange for 2009 government bailouts.
• Ottawa launched a dispute resolution process in November 2025 \& served a notice of default in December 2025 to recover taxpayer funds \& force production back to Canada.
• Unifor paused contract talks in September 2026 after Stellantis signed a memorandum of understanding with Roshel, citing an impasse over the plant's future.
• Stellantis workers voted 97.3 per cent in favour of a strike mandate on Oct. 19, 2026, \& Unifor warned of a potential strike.
• Unifor president Lana Payne condemned the deal as an underhanded betrayal of workers, while Roshel CEO Roman Shimonov defended the sale as the best outcome for the facility.
• Roshel plans to create thousands of jobs at the idled facility \& expressed surprise at the lack of public government support for the sale.