Canada to Review Amazon Contracts After Quebec Layoffs

OTTAWA—Canada warned Amazon.com AMZN -0.24%decrease; red down pointing triangle Chief Executive Andy Jassy that the federal government is reviewing its business ties with the company’s cloud-computing unit following Amazon’s decision to shut down its warehouses in Quebec, leading to the layoff of 1,700 workers in the French-speaking province.

In a letter posted on the social-media platform X, Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne asked Jassy to reconsider the decision, which entails shutting down warehouses in Quebec over the next two months and returning to a third-party delivery model.