Ottawa must keep its promise to defend Canadian jobs and industries
Statement from Bea Bruske, President of the Canadian Labour Congress, on the sale of Stellantis’s Brampton Assembly Plant
“The federal government promised Canadians it would defend their jobs and industries through this trade war. Stellantis’s planned sale of its Brampton plant would deal a massive blow to Canada’s industrial capacity built over decades. Workers, their families and their communities would live with that loss long after the tariffs are lifted.
“Canada’s unions stand with Unifor and its members. Ottawa must hold Stellantis to its commitments and negotiate directly with Unifor on a plan to preserve auto assembly and good union jobs in Brampton.
“Ottawa must use its regulatory powers, its public funding and its purchasing power to keep jobs and production in Canada, require binding commitments from companies and enforce them when companies try to walk away.”
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