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Joly says she will meet with Stelco owner if company gives 'concrete' plan to bring workers back

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Hughes, A. (2026, October 29). Joly says she will meet with Stelco owner if company gives 'concrete' plan to bring workers back. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/joly-stelco-workers-meeting-cleveland-cliffs-9.7400907?cmp=rss

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CBC News · collected 2026-10-29 · by Abby Hughes

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Industry Minister Mélanie Joly will meet with Stelco and its parent company, Cleveland-Cliffs, if they provide a concrete plan to rehire laid-off workers at the Hamilton plant. In a letter dated Thursday, Joly emphasized that she expects an immediate return of employees and compliance with the Investment Canada Act requirements set when Cleveland-Cliffs acquired Stelco in 2024. This comes after Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves requested a meeting to discuss bringing back workers following recent layoffs announced last month.
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Industry Minister Mélanie Joly has demanded that Stelco and its parent company Cleveland-Cliffs recall laid-off workers at their Hamilton plant "immediately" if they want to meet with her. Joly sent a letter dated October 29 to Paul Simon, Stelco’s president, stating the need for a concrete plan to re-engage these workers within the framework of the Investment Canada Act compliance requirements. The company had announced layoffs affecting about 500 employees starting early October and has offered only around 40 jobs at their Lake Erie facility in response to the union's concerns.

Prime Minister Mark Carney echoed Joly’s stance, stating that Cleveland-Cliffs would be making a "mistake" by not respecting its obligations under the acquisition agreement. The agreement includes maintaining employment levels at or above those measured at the time of Stelco's acquisition in 2024 until 2029. Joly has warned Stelco that if they do not reverse the layoffs within 15 days, legal action could force Cleveland-Cliffs to divest its Canadian steel firm.

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📰 Stelco Workers Recall Dispute
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Topics

Canada Cleveland-Cliffs Joly Stelco the Investment Canada Act

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Stelco ORG · 7× Joly PERSON · 6× Cleveland-Cliffs ORG · 5× American NORP · 1× Canada GPE · 1× Hamilton GPE · 1× Industry ORG · 1× Lourenco Goncalves PERSON · 1× Mélanie Joly PERSON · 1× Paul Simon PERSON · 1×

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Canada's Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says she's willing to meet with the president of Stelco and the head of its parent company, Cleveland-Cliffs, but only if the company provides a solid plan to bring workers back.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-29
🔮 Joly says she will meet with Stelco owner if company gives 'concrete' plan to bring workers back Industry minister says laid off workers need to be brought back 'immediately'
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Joly says she will meet with Stelco owner if company gives 'concrete' plan to bring workers back · assertive framing

Claims (10 extracted, 0 hedged)

Joly says she will meet with Stelco owner if company gives 'concrete' plan to bring workers back Industry minister says laid off workers need to be brought back 'immediately' asserted
workers → say → workers
Canada's Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says she's willing to meet with the president of Stelco and the head of its parent company, Cleveland-Cliffs, but only if the company provides a solid plan to bring workers back. asserted
company → say → workers
Joly said the plan to re-engage those workers would form the basis of a conversation with Stelco and Cleveland-Cliffs about the company's compliance with its requirements under the Investment Canada Act. asserted
plan → say → Act
"I expect Stelco and Cleveland-Cliffs to provide a concrete and credible plan for the re-engagement of those workers," Joly wrote in a letter addressed to Stelco president Paul Simon, dated Thursday. asserted
Joly → expect → Simon
Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves has asked to meet with Joly to discuss a path to bring laid off workers back to the Hamilton plant, where Stelco said last month it was idling some operations. asserted
it → ask → operations
Joly also demanded that laid off workers be recalled to their jobs "immediately." asserted
workers → demand → jobs
The letter is the latest in the public back-and-forth between the federal government and the American owners of the steel plant since the layoffs were announced. asserted
layoffs → announce → plant
Following the decision, Joly demanded that it reverse layoffs announced last month or face potential legal action for violating Investment Canada Act undertakings. asserted
it → follow → undertakings
The government says the company agreed in those undertakings to keep the number of unionized Stelco employees at 2024 levels through to 2029 when the purchase was made. asserted
purchase → say → 2029
Goncalves maintains Cleveland-Cliffs is in "full compliance" with the obligations it made under the Investment Canada Act when it bought the steelmaker in 2024. asserted
it → maintain → 2024
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