Inc. 首席执行官洛伦索·贡卡尔维斯（Lourenco Goncalves）驳斥了加拿大因其Stelco钢铁部门裁员而威胁采取法律行动的做法，警告称，如果政府强迫公司出售其在安大略省的资产，将有可能阻碍外国投资。
Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lourenco Goncalves pushed back against Canada’s threat to take legal action over job cuts at its Stelco steel unit, warning the government risks discouraging foreign investment if it forces the company to sell its assets in Ontario.
“我们并未预料到，在收购该公司不到两年后，会被视为不受欢迎的对象，”贡卡尔维斯周四在BNN Bloomberg电视台的一次采访中表示。“如果这就是加拿大吸引外国投资的做法，我认为他们不会取得很大成功。”克利夫兰-克利夫斯（Cleveland-Cliffs）于2024年收购了Stelco，该公司在决定使其位于安大略省汉密尔顿的冷轧和镀覆钢铁业务闲置后，开始向该工厂发放裁员通知。此举可能影响多达500名工人，尽管贡卡尔维斯表示，目前被裁员的人数仍少于这一数字。
“We did not expect, less than two years after acquiring the company, to be treated like a pariah,” Goncalves said Thursday in an interview on BNN Bloomberg Television. “If that’s what Canada will do to attract foreign investment into Canada, I don’t think they will be very successful.”Stelco, which Cleveland-Cliffs acquired in 2024, began issuing layoff notices at its plant in Hamilton, Ontario, after deciding to idle its cold-rolled and coated steel operations. The move may affect as many as 500 workers, though Goncalves said the number laid off so far is smaller than that.
加拿大工业部长梅拉尼·乔利（Mélanie Joly）周三表示，政府可能寻求法院命令，要求克利夫兰-克利夫斯遵守其在Stelco的先前就业承诺，施加财务处罚，甚至强制其剥离加拿大资产。
Canadian Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said on Wednesday the government may seek a court order that would require Cleveland-Cliffs to comply with its previous employment commitments at Stelco, impose financial penalties or even force it to divest its Canadian assets.
“一切皆有可能，”她说，因为政府正在审查公司对威胁性执法行动的回应。
“Everything is on the table,” she said, as the government reviews the company’s response to the threatened enforcement action.
克利夫兰-克利夫斯表示，汉密尔顿的这一举措是由美国关税和其他贸易中断塑造的不可持续市场导致的。
Cleveland-Cliffs said the move in Hamilton is the result of an unsustainable market shaped by US tariffs and other trade disruptions.
“我们已经在亏损的运营上投入了近两年，”贡卡尔维斯周四表示。“我们无法容纳加拿大市场——Stelco的产能，ArcelorMittal Dofasco的产能，以及涌入边境的大量进口。”加拿大根据《投资加拿大法》批准了克利夫兰-克利夫斯对Stelco的收购，前提是公司需承诺维持工会化就业水平以及大多数非工会职位。
“We have been bankrolling a losing-money operation for almost two years now,” Goncalves said on Thursday. “We cannot accommodate the Canadian market — the production of Stelco, the production of ArcelorMittal Dofasco and an avalanche of imports coming across the border.”Canada approved Cleveland-Cliffs’ acquisition of Stelco under the Investment Canada Act, subject to commitments to maintain unionized employment levels and most non-union positions.
在约利的威胁之后，贡卡尔维斯称她的策略是“欺凌和骚扰”。“上次在钢铁行业出现这种情况是在委内瑞拉，”他说。“我不认为加拿大是委内瑞拉。”
Following Joly’s threats, Goncalves called her tactics “bullying and harassment.”“Last time something like that happened in the steel business was in Venezuela,” he said. “I don’t think Canada is Venezuela.”