Industry Minister Mélanie Joly is giving the American parent company of Hamilton-based Stelco 15 days to reverse layoffs before seeking legal action.

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[–] 7 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I think 15 days is to long, they should have really gotten the legal action thrown at them the moment they walked away.

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  • [–] 4 points 12 hours ago*

    I expect that Joly is going 'by the book', doing everything according to the legal procedure, so that if the American billionaire MAGA shithead defies the order to follow the agreement that he had signed when he purchased Stelco, the Canadian government will be legally covered for their (I hope full-strength) response.

    We need to demonstrate to American billionaires that agreements should not be signed in pencil, that a signature on an agreement means that there will be severe consequences to breaking said agreements.

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  • [–] 2 points 12 hours ago

    Eh, given any reversal would need to be retroactive I see no need to rush here. Many people complain about slow processes, but having processes that take a little bit of time and engage multiple layers of government is what prevents a single shithead from steamrolling the government.

    I personally see no issue with a 2 week warning shot.

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