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Was this all a tempest in a teacup?

Wilmot Township deemed not suitable for EV battery plant

Wilmot Township is not suitable for an electric-vehicle battery plant and did not make the list of potential sites for two other big factories that will make essential parts of the batteries, says Vic Fedeli, Ontario Minister of Economic Investment.

An electric vehicle-assembly plant will be built in Alliston, next to an existing Honda plant, and an EV battery plant will be built across the street. The locations of the other two factories will be announced very soon, said Fedeli.

The plants require massive amounts of water, so Wilmot was never shortlisted for one of the factories, said the veteran Progressive Conservative MPP from North Bay.

For nearly two months, Wilmot Township has been rife with speculation that the Region of Waterloo and the township are assembling 770 acres of land bordered by Nafziger Road, Highway 7/8, Wilmot Centre Road, and Bleams Road to clear a site for an EV battery plant.

But that can be crossed off the list of possible explanations.

“I’m not aware of any prospects for Wilmot,” said Fedeli. “They are responding to the premier’s call.”