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Vice Québec employees were advised Friday morning the media company’s Quebec office is closing its doors, according to the Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ).

The closing affects about 20 employees.

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“VICE is centralizing our Canadian operations around a Toronto headquarters as we grow several key areas of business, including VICE Studios and VIRTUE, our advertising agency,” the company’s communications manager, Britt Aharoni, said in an emailed statement. “This reorganization is a continuation of our global plan that began earlier this year.”

Centralizing operations would eradicate the duplication of functions, but Vice will continue creating French content.

FPJQ vice-president Jean-Thomas Léveillé said in an interview with La Presse canadienne he’s worried about the amount of news media organizations declining because of the ad revenue crisis. Despite being pleased with Ottawa’s recent announcement to help fund Canadian media, Léveillé thinks it’s time to get to the root of the problem.