E-commerce giant Amazon.com is exiting its operations in Quebec, leading to the loss of about 1,700 full-time jobs, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday.The online retailer will phase out operations across seven sites in the province — the only location in Canada with unionized Amazon employees — over the next two months.

Amazon.com Inc. will shut down all warehouses and lay off employees in the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec.

An Amazon spokesperson tells the CBC that the company will stop operations at seven sites and outsource deliveries to smaller contractors.

A company spokesperson said Amazon will outsource deliveries to smaller contractors. The spokesperson insisted that the decision was tied to cost savings — not the recent unionization of about 200 employees at the Laval,

Amazon Canada says it is closing all seven of its warehouses in Quebec over the next two months. The online retailer says 1,700 permanent employees in the province will be laid off, as will 250 temporary workers.

Au revoir, Amazon. The online retail giant announced on Wednesday it is pulling out of Quebec, a transition to take place over the next two months. Amazon will close seven operation sites, including a fulfillment centre,

The online retailer says 1,700 permanent employees in the province will be laid off, as will 250 temporary workers

Amazon.com Inc. will shut down all warehouses and lay off employees in the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec. The decision comes less than a year after workers at one of those facilities unionized.

Amazon has announced that it will be shutting down its operations in Quebec, resulting in the loss of over 1,700 jobs. According to a CBC report from Wednesday, January 22, the online retail giant intends to close all seven of its warehouses across the province.