A few hours after the threat of Ottawa to “review its business ties” with Amazon because of the multinational decision to close seven warehouses in Quebec, the online commerce giant is said to be “open” to discuss with the government .
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“We will be happy to discuss this subject further with the Minister [François-Philippe] Champagne and other government representatives in Quebec and Canada, an Amazon spokesperson said on Friday Wall Street Journalin English.
The day before, the Minister of Innovation, Sciences and Industry of Canada warned the director general of Amazon, Andy Jassy, that the federal government could review its business links with Amazon Web Services.
The newspaper Calculated that the various federal government ministries and agencies have granted for at least $ 145 million to Amazon since 2020, most of infonuagic and IT services. The actual amount could be around $ 200 million.
Minister Champagne praised this new Amazon opening on social networks on Friday afternoon, with a short message:
-“M. Jassy, let’s talk. Canada is a great place to do business, “he wrote.
A few hours earlier, he qualified the exodus of unacceptable, upon arrival at the Caucus on Friday morning.
Amazon announced on Wednesday the closure of seven warehouses in Quebec over the next two months, a decision that will result in the dismissal of 1,700 people and many collateral damage. Quebec confirmed on Wednesday nearly 1,500 additional layoffs with subcontractors.
The multinational was justified by saying that he wanted to return to a delivery model by third parties, but the CSN, which represented the workers of the DXT4 warehouse in Laval maintains that these closures are anti -union reprisals, which Amazon denies.
In Quebec, the office of the Fréchette ministry said he had not had any exchanges with Amazon since Wednesday, when the company has summarily explained its decision.
– With the collaboration of Alain Laforest
