Vic Fedeli

Stellantis and LG Energy Solution announced on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, that their electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont., is back on track after reaching a "binding" financing deal with the governments of Canada and Ontario.

The cabinet shuffle comes as the Ford government looks to reset after two months of bad polling for the Ontario Conservatives, a badly received budget that was full of cuts across industries and sectors, and three sets of boos directed at the premier (including one very loud one conducted by tens of thousands of people at the Toronto Raptors Championship parade on Monday).

Efforts to exploit mineral resources in the Ring of Fire region has been fraught with controversy and opposition, as First Nations communities assert jurisdiction over traditional territory and raise concerns about the use of land and risk of water contamination.