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.

Honda Canada has announced a two-year pause on its Ontario investments that included retooling an assembly facility and building an EV plant.

Japanese auto giant Honda has pumped the brakes on its $15 billion plan to build an electric vehicle supply chain in Canada, blaming "changing market conditions” for a decision that

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.