The company will locate the new plant near Alliston, Ont., because the subsidies Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government offered were worth hundreds of millions of dollars more than those offered by its eastward neighbour, according to La Presse. Quebec hoped to share the contract with Ontario by locating the company’s cathode plant in its burgeoning electric-vehicle battery manufacturing hub at Bécancour. (La Presse)

Talking point: Quebec, which has given nearly a half-billion dollars in aid to Ford and GM alone, said it couldn’t be as forthcoming with Honda—particularly in light of the province’s recent $11-billion deficit budget. Honda reportedly expects its new EV facilities in Canada—which will include plants to assemble both EVs and their components—to be a $14-billion project. Beyond any provincial incentives, it’s expected to benefit from a 10 per cent EV supply-chain tax credit the federal government unveiled in last week’s budget.