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Union backs public ownership as Stelco layoffs threaten 350 jobs
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- Marit Stiles urged Premier Doug Ford and Finance Minister Mark Carney to buy Stelco with Canadian money.
- Stelco, owned by Cleveland Cliffs, began laying off hundreds of Ontario workers, threatening about 350 jobs.
- Avi Lewis called for nationalizing Stelco.
- United Steelworkers, representing over 225,000 Canadian workers, backed public ownership of Stelco.
- Mélanie Joly said 2024 approval must preserve union and non-union jobs.