Canada’s industry minister said Amazon.com Inc. ’s decision to shut down all warehouses in Quebec and cut more than 1,900 jobs would prompt the government to examine its current deals with the e-commerce and technology company.
Premier François Legault has made affirming state secularism a central part of his Coalition Avenir Québec government. Bill 21 prohibits certain public sector workers, such as judges, police officers, teachers and prison guards, from wearing religious symbols at work and requires them to perform their duties with their faces uncovered.
Unions had gained a foothold in one of the company’s warehouses in the province, though Amazon would not say if there was a connection.
Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent near Canada that also left a suspect dead and another injured. U.S.
The weather may be in the single digits but there’s skating, vintage luxury shops, an ice hotel, a jazz bar to cozy up in. Not to mention tobogganing down a track at 45 mph.
Canada, Mexico, China and other nations are formulating plans in response to President Trump’s proposed tariffs that could take effect Feb. 1.
E-commerce giant Amazon.com is exiting its operations in Quebec, leading to the loss of about 1,700 full-time jobs, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday. The online retailer will phase out operations across seven sites in the province—the only location in Canada with unionized Amazon employees —over the next two months.
Canada’s industry minister said Amazon.com Inc.’s decision to shut down all warehouses in Quebec and cut more than 1,900 jobs would prompt the government to examine its current deals with the e-commerce and technology company.
We’re watching the development of a significant winter storm that’s likely to affect communities across Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec through the latter half of this weekend. Several systems will move through the area into early next week, but the most impactful could bring heavy snows and gusty winds to a wide swath of the region.
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal of Quebec's controversial secularism law. Mike Armstrong explains what Bill 21 prohibits, how the debate surrounding the legislation is heating up again,
Amazon says it's closing all seven of its warehouses in the Canadian province of Quebec over the next two months.