Chrysler Canada plant in doubt.(News)(Brief Article)

Byline: Mary Connolly, Lindsay Chappell

The Canadian government risks losing the Chrysler group's new assembly plant here, Canadian Auto Workers President Buzz Hargrove warned.

"My information is that within the next couple weeks if [Chrysler] doesn't have something concrete from the Ontario government, then they are going to start exploring other alternatives," said the union official.

Chrysler has asked major suppliers to participate in building and owning a joint-venture assembly plant that would begin operating in 2005. The plant would build a small Dodge ...