Honda to restart Alliston engine shop in $867 million investment as Ford Oakville reopens

Honda announced an $867 million investment at its Alliston, Ont., plant on Monday, including $166 million to restart an engine shop closed in 2024 and retool for updated hybrid and gas models. Honda says it will maintain 4,000 jobs; Ottawa is contributing $313 million and Ontario $156 million. Separately, Ford's Oakville plant, closed in 2024 for retooling, has reopened making Super Duty pickups, mostly for U.S. buyers, with about 2,000 people back at work after plans to build electric vehicles there were cancelled. Both plants ship heavily to the United States, which imposes 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian-made cars.