Carney, Poilievre vow to fight for workers affected by upcoming layoffs at GM assembly plant in Ontario [Video]

Carney calls GM layoffs ‘deeply painful news’

Liberal Leader Mark Carney has reacted to the GM plant shutdown in Ingersoll with a statement on X.

“We will fight every day for the workers who build this country,” Carney said.

He reiterated his move as prime minister before the election to remove delays on claiming employment insurance and make it easier to claim.

“Today’s layoffs are deeply painful news for autoworkers in Ingersoll and for workers throughout Canada’s auto industry,” Carney wrote, adding his team is in regular contact with Unifor President Lana Payne.

He also said the Canada-U.S. cabinet committee which met today laid out plans so that “Canada is ready to negotiate with the United States from a position of strength.”

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