Christina Blizzard of the Toronto Sun wrote a very partisan piece in the May 9th, 2014 edition of the newspaper. Here's the link to the article:
http://www.torontosun.com/2014/05/08/unilever-closure-proof-ontario-needs-hudaks-job-growth-plan
Unilever announced yesterday that they are closing their plant in Brampton, and putting 280 people out of work. Blizzard and her PC masters would have you believe that the reason they are closing their plant is because of high hydro rates, and high taxes in Ontario. This is far from the truth, and to prove this one just has to do a simple Google search on all the plants that Unilever has closed in the United States over the past several years to see that it's not just a result of higher energy costs.
Another simple Google search produced another article from the Toronto Sun written by Shawn Jeffords, on May 8th, 2014 and states the following:
"Logistical issues caused the death-knell of Unilever Canada’s local food mix facility, the plant director says. When we look at the facts, unfortunately for the employees of Bramalea, 80% of what we produce here is actually shipped back to the U.S.,” he said. “It just made sense to make the investment in the U.S.”
Production will move south to Independence, Missouri.
Browning said the company broke the news at a 10 a.m. meeting held off-site for all employees. They were told the plant will ramp down operations in 2015 and ultimately close in March 2016.
“Our thoughts are with the employees today,” he said.
The company did not request any financial aid or incentives to stay from the provincial or federal governments, Browning said, adding they wouldn’t be asking for any in the future.
“When we looked at the logistical issues it really wouldn’t matter what the incentives were to stay in Ontario,” he said. “When 80% of our consumer base is in the U.S., that was the overriding factor.”
Browning said the company had not ruled out finding some employees work at Unilever sites in Simcoe and Rexdale. Those sites will not be affected by this closure, he said.
Nowhere in this article does it state that they are closing the plant because of high energy costs, or the possible Ontario Pension Plan that Blizzard would have you think. Blizzard, much like Sue-Ann Levy have such a hate on for anything Liberal that they can't be called reporters in my eyes. They twist the facts to support the policies of the Conservative movement at the Municipal, Provincial, and Federal Levels of government.Tim Hudak and the PC party if elected plan to cut 100,000 public sector jobs. How does that fit into the PC's plan to create 1 million jobs, when you start off my cutting 100,000?
Here's the link to the article: http://www.torontosun.com/2014/05/09/hudak-vows-to-cut-100000-public-sector-jobs
At the Toronto Sun you have one "reporter" claiming all these false facts, while another "reporter" actually reporting facts regarding the Unilever closing from the plant manager.
