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Windsor-Essex NDP MPs called for a Made in Canada procurement policy Monday at a local union hall, in support of vulnerable General Motors workers in Oshawa.

“Today the NDP are calling on Justin Trudeau and his government to stop buying GM cars that are not made by Canadian workers,” Essex MP Tracey Ramsey said at a news conference.

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The announcement was met with an overwhelming round of applause from the dozens of union workers and retirees in attendance at the Unifor Local 200/444 hall.

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General Motors announced its plan to close the Oshawa plant last November due to global restructuring, after more than 100 years of operating in the area. The decision is expected to leave more than 2,500 employees without jobs.

“We’re here because a corporation has decided it’s cheaper to move their jobs to Mexico and pay Mexican workers two dollars an hour to do the same work we’re doing here,” Ramsey said. “We’re here because of corporate greed.”