NDP: Doug Ford’s jobs disaster claims 50 more jobs lost in London as manufacturing work shifts to the U.S

LONDON – Ontario NDP MPPs Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe), and Peggy Sattler (London West) say it is outrageous that about 50 London Machinery workers are waking up this morning without jobs while production shifts to a U.S. plant to avoid tariffs, leaving London workers to pay the price.

“About 50 people are expected to lose their jobs,” said Kernaghan. “That’s not just a number. That is rent, mortgages, groceries, and families trying to figure out what comes next. Workers should not be the ones paying the price because this government failed to create stability and protect Canadian jobs.”

Armstrong said the situation reflects deeper economic uncertainty facing manufacturing workers across Southwestern Ontario.

“We are watching these jobs be shipped across the border while folks here at home are left to suffer,” said Armstrong. “Tariffs and trade uncertainty are real, but workers need governments at every level fighting for them - and that is simply not what we’re seeing happening here in Ontario.”

Sattler pointed to the broader economic impact across the region.

“When good manufacturing jobs disappear or get moved out of the country, the impact does not stop at the plant gates. It does not have to be this way,” said Sattler. “Right now, we are watching good, stable jobs disappear seemingly every week, and workers are the ones left scrambling to figure out how they are going to get by. Folks are exhausted watching this happen. Workers in this province deserve a real, solid plan to protect Canadian manufacturing and keep good jobs here at home.”