HIRINGS
1. Framestore Studios, a London company, is settling into Montreal and brings with it 150 new jobs.
http://www.newswire.ca/fr/story/1542549/retombees-des-missions-economiques-philippe-couillard-annonce-l-expansion-du-studio-framestore-a-montreal-150-nouveaux-emplois-dans-la-metropole
2. The Montérégie region is 35 jobs richer thanks to the expansion of Symbiose Centre Contact Client in Longueuil, a call center specializing in customer service. A government loan of $800,000 has helped support the organization’s growth phase.
http://www.newswire.ca/fr/story/1533283/35-nouveaux-emplois-en-monteregie-le-gouvernement-du-quebec-contribue-a-la-croissance-de-symbiose-centre-contact-client
3. Venmar, the HVAC company recently rebranded as Nortek Air Solutions, is expanding its business in Saint-Léonard-d'Aston and wants to hire 100 people.
http://www.lapresse.ca/le-nouvelliste/economie/201505/21/01-4871273-creation-de-100-emplois-chez-venmar.php
4. Medicago, a biopharmaceutical business in Quebec, will build a new plant in Estimauville, creating 200 new jobs. The company specializes in the development of new vaccines made from plants.
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/quebec/2015/05/19/001-medicago-nouvelle-usine-quebec-annonce-emplois.shtml
5. New Forest Industries plans to build a new plant for the manufacturing of wooden pallets in Drummondville, which will create 125 new jobs in the forestry sector.
http://www.journaldequebec.com/2015/05/07/creation-de-125-nouveaux-emplois
LAYOFFS
1. GM Canada has announced plans to cut its Oshawa workforce by 1,000 people this year, because it has invested its efforts in the United States.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/newsalert-gm-canada-cut-oshawa-assembly-workforce-1-160212037.html
2. Bombardier Aerospace has also cut mass employment. The company has laid off 1,000 people in Montreal and 750 others elsewhere due to slow demands.
http://affaires.lapresse.ca/economie/transports/201505/13/01-4869576-bombardier-aeronautique-elimine-1000-emplois-a-montreal.php
3. Rogers Media has laid off more than 100 people in the last month, most at its OMNI multicultural network, another sign that original news reports are disappearing.
http://www.fpjq.org/plus-dune-centaine-de-mises-a-pied-a-la-tele-de-rogers-media/
4. The ax has fallen on the Montreal School Board. Large budget compressions as part of the government’s austerity plans will mean that at least 175 positions will be cut.
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/montreal/2015/05/14/001-suppressions-postes-commission-scolaire-montreal-catherine-harel-bourdon.shtml
5. The land of aluminum suffers: Between 110 and 170 employees of Rio Tinto Alcan in Montreal will lose their jobs by the end of the year.
http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/05/11/rio-tinto-supprimera-entre-110-et-170-emplois-a-montreal-dici-la-fin-de-lannee_n_7261580.html