Amazon Canada is closing all of its warehouses in Quebec, and it will affect approximately 1,700 employees and 350 seasonal workers.

The online retail giant said the move was not linked to recent unionization efforts by workers in the Canadian province.

Canada has warned Amazon.com that it is reviewing business ties with the company’s cloud-computing unit following Amazon’s decision to shut down its warehouses in Quebec, leading to the layoff of 1,700 workers.

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.

Canada’s industry minister said Amazon.com Inc.’s decision to shut down all warehouses in Quebec and cut close to 2,000 jobs would prompt the government to examine its current deals with the e-commerce and technology company.

Amazon.com said it is open to talks with officials from the Canadian and Quebec governments about the decision to shut down operations in the country’s French-speaking province, which would lead to 1,

OTTAWA — Amazon says its plans to close all seven of its warehouses in Quebec remain unchanged, even as the federal industry minister calls for a review of Ottawa's "business relationship" with the online retail giant.

However, some Quebecers are responding by taking a stand against the company. On Wednesday, January 24, Amazon announced the closure of its seven warehouses across Quebec, resulting in 1,700 layoffs over the coming weeks and months.