Quebec is reporting 2,641 new cases of COVID-19 and 47 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including 13 that occurred in the past 24 hours. “The market share that these foreign companies are gaining is there to stay it’s very difficult for Quebec manufacturers to win them back.” “If we’re shutting down and consumers continue to buy, as they did during the last shutdown, they’ll be buying from Amazon and they’ll be buying from other manufacturers who can actually continue to produce,” she said. Proulx said that if Quebec were the only jurisdiction in North America to order factories to close, it would put the province’s manufacturing industry - which employs 450,000 people and accounts for 14 per cent of the provincial GDP - at a severe disadvantage.
They understand that,” Volpe said of the provincial government. “Quebec suppliers are in a just-in-time cycle, so disruption to that means long-term damage to Quebec supply chain. He believes the auto industry is essential and that the government realizes that so there “is no reason for deep concern” at this point. According to multiple reports, the province may, for the first time since the spring, order “non-essential” manufacturers and the construction sector to close and extend the current closure of schools.įlavio Volpe, head of the APMA, estimates that about 10 per cent of the country’s automotive supply chain is based in Quebec. Legault is scheduled to hold a news conference late Wednesday. She said Quebec manufacturers lost $4 billion in sales when they were shut during the first wave of the pandemic and she expects a similar situation if manufacturers are forced to close again. “The worst scenario for us would be to go back to the same situation we had last spring,” Proulx said in an interview. Veronique Proulx, CEO of Manufacturiers et Exportateurs du Quebec, reacted Tuesday to multiple media reports saying Premier Francois Legault is set to close non-essential manufacturing businesses to help stop the spread of COVID-19. MONTREAL - Quebec’s manufacturing association and the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association say there will be major damage to Quebec’s economy if the government imposes a strict COVID-19 lockdown similar to what occurred last spring.
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