MONTREAL – Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has announced it’s cutting about 300 jobs across Canada, most of them in Montreal.
Julie-Catherine Racine, a spokesman for Pfizer Canada, said Sunday that the cuts will be spread across several locations but the majority will be at the company’s headquarters in the Montreal suburb of Kirkland.
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“After an extensive and rigorous review of our organizational structure and of the competencies required for the future, I can confirm that Pfizer in Canada has undergone a restructuring in various parts of its Canadian business,” Racine said in a statement.
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In total, about 11 per cent of the company’s total Canadian workforce will be eliminated, she said.
The company recently completed a $31.7-million upgrade to its Montreal manufacturing and distribution centre. The Quebec government contributed $2.7 million to that project.
Pfizer employs 2,700 people across Canada, including 1,800 in Quebec.
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