Imperial Tobacco to close Ontario plants

I found this article interesting from the point of view that the number of tobacco farms in Canada has declined from 4500 from the 1960s to 680 today. A remarkable change.

Imperial Tobacco to close Ontario plants, cut 650 jobs, move work to Mexico
at 18:57 on October 20, 2005, EST.
ALLAN SWIFT

MONTREAL (CP) - A total of 650 workers at Imperial Tobacco Canada plants in Ontario will lose their jobs as the company closes its last Canadian cigarette manufacturing plants and moves the production to an existing plant in Mexico.......

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