Public could have paid up to $10B for VW battery plant in St
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A former Canadian Toyota executive who now studies automotive manufacturing policy at McMaster University says Volkswagen likely got between $1 and $10 billion dollars from federal and provincial governments to build its EV battery plant in St Thomas, Ont.
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Federal government giving Volkswagen up to $13B in subsidies to
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