Cabinet yesterday approved billions more subsidies for battery factories in what the Canadian Taxpayers Federation criticized as a free for all for foreign automakers. Aid totals more than $31 billion for three Ontario plants.

“The feds need to draw the line somewhere,” said Franco Terrazzano, federal director of the Taxpayers’ Federation. “Taxpayers can’t afford to bankroll everyone and their dog who wants to make batteries.”

The Department of Finance confirmed it would spend billions in “performance incentives” for Stellantis electric auto battery plants in Windsor and Brampton, Ont. Stellantis is the parent company of Chrysler and Dodge.