Posted by Sudbury Northern Life 
Nickel Belt MP Claude Gravelle spoke out about the Vale Inco layoffs in Parliament March 3.
"Mr. Speaker, this government's inaction with the illegal Xstrata job cuts has set a dangerous precedent," he said.
"Today, Brazilian-based Vale Inco is cutting 423 jobs across Canada, 261 of those in Sudbury and Nickel Belt. But they have an agreement with this government not to cut jobs until October 2009.
"After the Xstrata fiasco - companies now see 'no-layoff' agreements mean nothing because this Conservative government ignores them without consequence. When will this government finally stand up for workers and enforce these non-layoff agreements?"
