Amazon to Shutter All Facilities in Quebec

Amazon is planning to close all seven of its facilities in Quebec, Canada, cutting more than 1,700 jobs across the province.

According to CBC, the e-commerce giant cited a need to cut costs as the main motivation behind the move, and said it is instead looking to outsource its operations in Quebec to third-party contractors. Quebec’s DXT4 warehouse in Laval was also the company’s only unionized facility in the cou…