Two Conservative ministers in the party's shadow cabinet are calling on the Liberal government and Industry Minister Mélanie Joly to stop Ericsson firing critical Canadian technical staff.
This all goes back to Rogers, which in April allegedly sold its wireless services division to Ericsson, including 400 people with expertise in technical support for Rogers' cellular infrastructure. At the time, Rogers and Ericsson denied the deal despite the law firm. claiming that employees were given an ultimatum: join Ericsson or leave the company.
Then, at the beginning of September, News has emerged that Ericsson will lay off workers on October 31stformer employees said MobileSyrup that there will be new layoffs in January 2026. Ericsson denies this, saying that layoffs occur approximately 100 employees and no plans for further layoffs. Moreover, Ericsson said in September that the change would “merge our network services team in Canada with our global operations,” while former employees said MobileSyrup that Ericsson outsourced these roles to workers in India.
Now some Conservative members of the government are asking the cabinet to stop the layoffs. “The decision to move critical network operations outside of Canada will transfer control of core wireless communications functions outside of Canada, raising acute concerns about national security, data protection and the loss of skilled Canadian jobs. These are not routine roles. These professionals support and protect the backbone of Canada's wireless infrastructure – preventing failures, troubleshooting faults and managing tower operations. Once these responsibilities are transferred overseas, Canada will lose direct control over a vital part of its national communications infrastructure,” it said. in an excerpt from the document. party press release.
The team is even trying to invoke the security goals of the Telecommunications Act to help stop layoffs and outsourcing.
Source: Conservative Party of Canada
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