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As the Ontario Legislature resumes today, Unifor is calling on all parties and elected representatives to make workers the focus of every decision, from protecting Canadian jobs to supporting key sectors like auto, health care, forestry, and energy.
“Workers are facing tough, uncertain economic times, and now is the moment for the Ontario’s elected leaders to step up,” says Ontario Regional Director Samia Hashi.
“We need bold, worker-first policies that protect good union jobs, strengthen our manufacturing and resource sectors, and ensure no one is left behind as Trump’s reckless trade war on Canadian jobs attacks communities across the country.”
The new session of the Ontario Legislature opens as Diageo plans to shift Crown Royal bottling to the U.S. and Stellantis workers fight to protect Canadian jobs in Brampton.
Unifor is urging the Ontario government and all legislators to take immediate action to:
- Protect Canadian Jobs by continuing demands to the Federal government to defend Ontario’s auto and manufacturing industries from harmful trade impacts and ensuring robust investment commitments to deliver good, unionized jobs.
- Support the forestry sector and protect good jobs in Northern and rural communities that depend on sustainable resource development.
- Keep it in the Pipe, ensuring that energy projects prioritize community safety, Canadian labour, made-in-Canada materials, and long-term job stability.
- Invest in public services and infrastructure, including health care, education, and transit —the services that working families rely on and drive equitable economic growth across every region.
“Ontario’s workers are the backbone of this province,” says Hashi.
“From the assembly lines in Brampton to forestry operations in Thunder Bay, every worker deserves a government that has their back. Canada has incredible leverage it must utilize to protect jobs—it’s about a team Canada approach where all levels of government defend our interconnected sectors, invest in our workers, and ensure good, union jobs stay here. Every worker is affected when Canada’s industrial and manufacturing base is undermined.”
Unifor members will continue to push for fairness, good jobs, and a sustainable future for every community.
Learn more about Unifor’s Protect Canadian Jobs campaign and take action today: https://www.protectjobs.ca
