Bombardier to Lay Off Half the 1,100 Workers at Thunder Bay, ON. Railway Plant

Bombardier to Lay Off Half the 1,100 Workers at Thunder Bay, ON. Railway Plant
A Bombardier logo is shown at a Bombardier assembly plant in Mirabel, QB. on October 26, 2018. Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press
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Bombardier Inc. is laying off half of the 1,100 workers at its Thunder Bay, ON., railway car plant, according to a federal government source.

Two major contracts in Ontario—for the Toronto Transit Commission streetcars and Metrolinx GO Transit rail cars—are slated to halt by the end of the year.