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

Singh calls plant shutdown ‘devastating’

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh also commented on the plant shutdown, calling it “devastating.”

“Hundreds of working people are worried about how they’ll keep food on the table,” Singh wrote on X.

He said Canada needs to raise employment insurance compensation “so it actually covers the bills.” He also repeated his call for an NDP action plan to use Canadian steel in federal projects and ban American companies from federal procurement contracts.

“It’s time to put workers and jobs at the heart of Canada’s tariff fightback plan,” he wrote.

Carney calls GM layoffs ‘deeply painful news’