<p>E-commerce giant Amazon.com is exiting its operations in the Canadian province of Quebec, leading to the loss of about 1,700 full-time jobs, the company said on Wednesday, prompting Ottawa to express its unhappiness.</p>.<p>The online retailer will phase out operations across seven sites in the province — the only location in Canada with unionised Amazon employees — over the next two months.</p>.<p>It will return to a third-party delivery model, relying on local small businesses, similar to its approach before 2020.</p>.<p>"Following a recent review of our Quebec operations, we've seen that returning to a third-party delivery model ... will allow us to provide even more savings to our customers," Amazon spokesperson Barbara Agrait said.</p>.Amazon says it gave computer training to 30 lakh school students in India.<p>In May, Amazon warehouse workers represented by the Canadian labor union Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN) unionised, citing dissatisfaction with wages and inadequate health and safety measures at the facilities.</p>.<p>Federal Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said he had spoken to the head of Amazon Canada and expressed the government's dismay and frustration.</p>.<p>"This is not the way business is done in Canada," he said in a post on X.</p>.<p>The CSN, which represents 300 workers at the site north of Montreal, said the decision made no business sense and directly targets the company's only unionised warehouse in Canada.</p>.<p>The workers were in the process of negotiating their first collective agreement.</p>.<p>"There is no doubt that the closings announced today are part of an anti-union campaign against CSN and Amazon employees," said CSN president Caroline Senneville in a French-language statement.</p>.<p>"This move contradicts the provisions of the Quebec Labour Code, which we will strongly oppose," Senneville added, without providing immediate specifics.</p>.<p>The move will also affect approximately 250 seasonal workers. Amazon will offer affected employees a package including up to 14 weeks' pay and "transitional benefits such as job placement resources," Agrait added. </p>
<p>E-commerce giant Amazon.com is exiting its operations in the Canadian province of Quebec, leading to the loss of about 1,700 full-time jobs, the company said on Wednesday, prompting Ottawa to express its unhappiness.</p>.<p>The online retailer will phase out operations across seven sites in the province — the only location in Canada with unionised Amazon employees — over the next two months.</p>.<p>It will return to a third-party delivery model, relying on local small businesses, similar to its approach before 2020.</p>.<p>"Following a recent review of our Quebec operations, we've seen that returning to a third-party delivery model ... will allow us to provide even more savings to our customers," Amazon spokesperson Barbara Agrait said.</p>.Amazon says it gave computer training to 30 lakh school students in India.<p>In May, Amazon warehouse workers represented by the Canadian labor union Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN) unionised, citing dissatisfaction with wages and inadequate health and safety measures at the facilities.</p>.<p>Federal Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said he had spoken to the head of Amazon Canada and expressed the government's dismay and frustration.</p>.<p>"This is not the way business is done in Canada," he said in a post on X.</p>.<p>The CSN, which represents 300 workers at the site north of Montreal, said the decision made no business sense and directly targets the company's only unionised warehouse in Canada.</p>.<p>The workers were in the process of negotiating their first collective agreement.</p>.<p>"There is no doubt that the closings announced today are part of an anti-union campaign against CSN and Amazon employees," said CSN president Caroline Senneville in a French-language statement.</p>.<p>"This move contradicts the provisions of the Quebec Labour Code, which we will strongly oppose," Senneville added, without providing immediate specifics.</p>.<p>The move will also affect approximately 250 seasonal workers. Amazon will offer affected employees a package including up to 14 weeks' pay and "transitional benefits such as job placement resources," Agrait added. </p>