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.

An $11-billion plan to manufacture 240,000 EVs/year, plus batteries, in Ontario is on a two-year hold as the Japanese automaker considers the effects U.S. tariffs on its

Honda said on Tuesday it would postpone by at least two years its large-scale investments to establish an electric vehicle supply chain in Canada. Originally announced in April of last year , the project is valued at $15 billion,