Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says Honda Canada remains "fully committed" to major electric-vehicle investments in Canada after the company announced Tuesday that it was pausing a multibillion-dollar EV project in Ontario.

Ontario Premier Ford is vowing to hold auto companies that pull out from Ontario "accountable" after news that Honda announced it is putting a major electric vehicle supply chain planned for the province on hold.

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Jim Hinton, intellectual property lawyer and founder of Own Innovation, says Honda postponing its plan for an EV plant in Canada comes as no surprise and predicts more will fall. He says Canada does not own technology or control companies,

Honda’s CA$15 billion commitment was touted by former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the “largest auto investment in Canada’s history.” It was to include a battery plant with an annual capacity of 36 GWh while an EV assembly plant would have been able to build as many as 240,000 vehicles per year from 2028.

Honda announced the postponement on Tuesday after forecasting a 59 per cent profit decline in the current fiscal year.