The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday edition that U.S. President Donald Trump's 25-per-cent tariffs starting Thursday on cars and some auto parts imported to the U.S. could affect all Ontario vehicle assembly plants, but Brampton, Ont., especially, where Stellantis's next-generation Jeep Compass will be built. The Globe's Eric Atkins writes that the plant, built in 1986, is shut to retool for the Jeep's future assembly. Despite the pause, Stellantis has not changed its factory restart date from late this year. However, the company laid off 400 Unifor union workers doing the retooling. Industry experts say a restart of May or June of next year is more realistic. The expected delay worries local union president Vito Beato. The laid-off workers receive as much as 70 per cent of their wages for two years and time is running out. The 1,000 Unifor members who work at suppliers to the plant have no such backstop, and their benefits ended after 52 weeks. Ontario is home to seven auto and two truck assembly plants owned by five automakers: General Motors, Ford, Stellantis, Honda and Toyota. Almost all the vehicles the companies make are exported to the United States and made of parts that cross borders several times.