Plans to close all seven of Amazon warehouses in Quebec are unchanged even as the federal industry minister called for a review of Ottawa's "business relationship."

Amazon facilities in Quebec will close in the coming weeks and 1,700 jobs will go with it. The company, which is set to outsource deliveries to smaller contractors, said the decision is due to cost savings and not he recent unionization of about 200 employees at a Laval,

Amazon leased its sorting, fulfilment and delivery centres in Quebec from an array of property development management and construction firms.

Amazon Canada says it will close all of its Quebec warehouses and lay off nearly 2,000 staff over the next two months. The e-commerce giant positioned the move as a way to provide "even more savings to our customers over the long run" and dismissed concerns that it was linked to a recent unionization push in the province.

The decision comes amid strained labour relations with unionized employees at the multinational's warehouse in Laval, Quebec.

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.

A Unifor spokesperson says workers at Amazon's Windsor, Ont., facility have expressed interest in unionizing. In 2021, when the company announced five new facilities in Quebec, it said it was eager to expand its operations in the province, touting the need to respond to greater demand and speed up delivery times.

Amazon announced on Wednesday it will close its Quebec facilities in the coming weeks, with a spokesperson saying the decision was tied to cost savings. Mostafa Henaway, a former Amazon warehouse employee and now a researcher on Amazon labour,

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