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 is postponing a $15-billion electric vehicle investment project in Ontario, including a proposed EV battery plant and retooled vehicle assembly facility.

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

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,