New trade deal hailed as good news for Townships auto workers

Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and Member of Parliament for Compton-Stanstead was in Waterville on Monday morning to talk about the benefits of the new USMCA trade deal for the Canadian Automotive industry. Speaking alongside representatives of Waterville TG, the local producer of sealant systems for automobiles, Bibeau hailed the new deal as good news for the more than 2,000 people in the Eastern Townships employed in jobs connected to the auto industry. “People always talk about the automotive industry like it only exists in Ontario,” the minister said. “In Quebec it is 115 businesses, 6,500 jobs and $1.8 billion dollars in the economy.” See full story in the Tuesday, Nov. 6 edition of The Record.