It is another tough day for Ontario’s manufacturing sector, with Bombardier announcing that over the upcoming months they will be letting up to 480 workers go from their Toronto assembly plant.
“First and foremost we are thinking of the workers and families that will be affected by these job cuts,” said Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott. “Once again good paying jobs are leaving this province.”
Mr. Arnott serves as Ontario PC Caucus Critic to the Minister of Economic Development.
He added that the jobs losses witnessed today further illustrate the damage that years of Liberal waste and mismanagement have done to Ontario’s economy.
“It is crystal clear that skyrocketing hydro rates, high taxes and burdensome red-tape under this Liberal Government are not a recipe for economic success. It’s unfortunate that the Premier continues to ignore these important issues and it’s costing Ontarians their jobs,” he stated.
The Bombardier announcement comes quickly on the heels GM’s announcement that assembly of the Chevrolet Camaro in Oshawa would cease on November 20th, costing the province roughly 1,000 good paying jobs.
“We’ve already lost 300,000 manufacturing jobs under the Liberals and that’s without the added ORPP payroll tax and cap-and-trade tax on everything, which will unfortunately only mean further job cuts down the road.”
For more information: Jamie Hofing Jamie.hofing@pc.ola.org
