It is particularly thanks to the aviation industry that July was not a sombre hiring month, a sector which has seen great news this month.
HIRINGS
1. Tech Mahindra, the giant aerospace engineering and information technology company, has announced it will be headquartered in Montreal, the Canadian aerospace metropolitan. The move will generate 300 jobs.
2. Also in the Greater Montreal area, LTA Aerostructures, which develops a new class of airships for the delivery of heavy and oversized loads, is investing $ 90 million to expand its activities in Canada. It will thus be creating 180 new jobs.
3. Aboriginal people in Nova Scotia will not be left behind on the labour market: the Government of Canada is investing in a project that will train 700 Aboriginal people for employment in the shipbuilding industry.
4. JetLine Aviation, a Nevada Corporation, has announced its plans to invest $ 2 million in the metropolitan area over 3 years, creating 13 jobs.
5 On their side, Ubisoft is expanding its activities in Québec's capital with investments of about $ 4 million for the expansion of its properties, which may result in job increases.
FIRINGS
1. In order to ensure its viability after its purchase of Nokia, Microsoft has cut 14% of its workforce in the world, which corresponds to about 18 000 jobs around the globe.
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2. As part of a major restructuring program, 430 jobs will be lost when Energizer will close its plant in Montreal.
3. Cascades’ East Angus factory employees, all 180 of them, have learnt that the plant will close its doors on October 3, leaving them unemployed.
4. The free daily newspaper Metro is ceasing publication in Regina, Saskatoon and London, throwing 25 people to the curb.
5. Twenty-five employees are loosing their jobs on July 31 following the closing of the Archambault on Rue Saint-Jean, in Quebec.
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