Amazon announced on Wednesday it will shutter its facilities in Quebec in the coming weeks and cut nearly 2,000 jobs, 1,700 of which are permanent positions.

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.

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

Amazon on Wednesday said it is exiting its operations in the Canadian province of Quebec, leading to the loss of about 1,700 full-time jobs.

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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.

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Canada’s industry minister said Amazon.com Inc. ’s decision to shut down all warehouses in Quebec and cut more than 1,900 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 company's decision to shut down operations in the country's French-speaking province, which would lead to 1,

It was not immediately clear when Amazon would close its facilities, but the spokesperson told Radio-Canada it would happen in the "next two months." A Quebec Employment Ministry spokesperson ...

Amazon recently announced it’s closing all its operations in Quebec.This move will cut about 1,950 jobs, including 1,700 full-time workers. The company says it’s shifting back to a third-party delivery model,