Trudeau, Premier Ford to announce building of EV battery plant in Alliston, Ont. | LIVE

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Honda executives are expected to announce today that the Japanese automaker is building an electric vehicle battery plant in Alliston, Ont., part of a $15-billion investment. Senior sources with information on the project have told The Canadian Press that Honda is also retooling its assembly plant in Alliston to produce fully electric vehicles. The $15-billion project includes the retooled plant, an electric vehicle battery plant in close proximity, as well as two key battery parts facilities located elsewhere in Ontario. Also speaking will include Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Ontario Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, Vic Fedeli, and Ontario Minister of Finance, Peter Bethlenfalvy. They will take questions from the media, as well. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/10448967/honda-ontario-ev-battery-plant/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #Canada #Politics