We agree with Unifor national president Jerry Dias that the deal he reached with GM Canada president Travis Hester to save 300 jobs of the 2,500 that will be lost in Oshawa at the end of this year is good news and bad news.

Bad because the $170-million investment by the company will only save a small number of the jobs lost.

Good because some jobs will be saved, with hopes for greater employment at the facility in future.

While it will no longer manufacture vehicles, GM will convert the plant into a stamping and sub-assembly operation, along with the construction of a test track for autonomous and advanced technology vehicles.

Dias said the operation has the potential to expand beyond 300 jobs in the future.