TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian government said on Saturday it had struck a deal with General Motors of Canada Ltd that commits the automaker to invest $290 million at several of its Ontario operations. The announcement is the second of its kind in the past three days and may help shore up support for Canada's minority Conservative government in Southern Ontario, where the auto manufacturing sector has been bleeding jobs, on the eve of an election call. Under the agreement, GM will put about $245 million into its St. Catharines plant to make fuel-efficient 6-speed front-wheel drive...
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