The GM plant closing in Oshawa will likely not have any impact on Cami in Ingersoll.
INGERSOLL - General Motors is going to be closing their plant in Oshawa.
This will impact over 2,500 employees in Oshawa. Plant Chair of Local 88 at Cami Mike Van Boekel says this closure should not have any impact on Cami in Ingersoll.
"We are stand alone, we do not ship to Oshawa anymore, we used to ship the Equinox but right now we do it all our self. I don't believe this will have any negative impact on the Cami plant however it is obviously a very dark day for GM and a tough day for the employee's to say the least."
Van Boekel says the future at CAMI is still in good shape right now.
"I do believe our future looks good, we are solid right now with three shifts, I don't see that going away, obviously we would like a new product in the next couple of years announced but right now I don't think there is any effect and and I think our plant is still pretty strong going forward."
The GM Plant in Oshawa will stop building cars in December of 2019.
Premier Doug Ford issued the following statement today on the closure of the General Motors Oshawa Assembly Plant:
"Today is a difficult day for the workers at the General Motors Oshawa Assembly Plant.
It is a difficult day for the thousands of workers at hundreds of Ontario auto part suppliers that depend on the GM Oshawa Assembly Plant for much of their business, as well as for workers and small business owners throughout Oshawa and the wider Durham region.
And it is also a difficult day for the spouses, the children and the families of these workers.
Today a lot of people are feeling shocked and saddened. I know some people are also feeling angry and betrayed. To everyone who has been impacted by this decision, please know this:
First, for those who work in the auto industry, I want you to know that today's news has nothing to do with the quality of the work you do. I will put the highly trained, professional autoworkers in Oshawa, or anywhere else in Ontario, up against anybody else in the world. It is disappointing that GM failed to see and build upon this competitive advantage. While the company is entitled to make its own business decisions, I am confident that history will prove them wrong.
Second, I want the people of Oshawa and the Durham Region to know that our government will always stand with you.
Our government has already begun exploring measures to help impacted workers, businesses and communities cope with the aftermath of this decision. As a first step, I will be authorizing Employment Ontario to deploy its Rapid Re-Employment and Training Services program to provide impacted local workers with targeted local training and jobs services to help them regain employment as quickly as possible. We are looking at how best to align our programs to ensure maximum support is available for affected employees and their families. In speaking with GM, we have stressed the importance of supporting their employees through this difficult transition.
We will also be calling for all three levels of government to work together to help impacted families receive the support and relief they need, while also ensuring that impacted businesses are quickly able to adapt their business models to take advantage of new opportunities.
As a start, we are asking the federal government to immediately extend Employment Insurance (EI) eligibility to ensure impacted workers in the auto sector can fully access EI benefits when they need them most. There is a precedent for this kind of action that has been deployed in Alberta's oil patch, and the people of Ontario are right to expect that the federal government will show a similar level of respect to the families that depend on Ontario's auto sector.
We are also asking the federal government to work with their U.S. counterparts to remove all tariffs so that impacted auto parts suppliers can remain competitive after the Oshawa Assembly Plant closes its doors.
The final thing I want the people of Oshawa, Durham and the entire province to know is this: While today's announcement is disappointing, it will not deter us from returning Ontario to its rightful place as one of the world's premiere destinations for job creation and investment.
Our province has immense resource riches, and sits at the crossroads of continental and global trade. Most importantly, we have a hard-working and educated workforce that is envy of the world. Unfortunately, years of economic mismanagement at multiple levels of government have squandered many of these advantages and, today, thousands of innocent families are being hurt as a result.
The good news is that, working together, we can fix this. Our Government for the People will work day and night to make Ontario Open for Business once again."
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