The federal industry minister is calling for a review of Ottawa’s “business relationship” with Amazon after the company said it will close all seven of its warehouses in Quebec.
The closure will eliminate 1,700 permanent jobs and 250 temporary ones, and comes after workers at an Amazon warehouse in the Montreal suburb of Laval, Que. managed to unionize in May.
Amazon is dismissing the suggestion that the closures are linked to a unionization push in the province and says it’s about delivering efficient and cost-effective services to customers.
Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne says the move will not go unanswered, although he hasn’t said how the federal government might respond….