Ministry of Industry François-Philippe Champagne sent a letter to the company, saying the decision to lay off 1,700 workers "raises questions" about Amazon's commitment to Canada.
Amazon cited a need to cut costs as the main motivation behind the move, although Quebec is also home to the company's only unionized warehouse in Canada.
Boeing is plowing money into South Carolina, a month after reaching an agreement to end a costly and contentious walkout by machinists in the Pacific Northwest.
One of the world’s largest energy companies joins with a global real estate services firm to deploy methodology developed by the University of Tennessee to reorganize its workplaces internationally.
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