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10/28/2009
BC ironworkers aren't optimistic about a Quebec company getting a contract to build the BC Place Stadium roof.
The Montreal-based Canam Group has announced one of its business units has a letter of intent for a $100 million contract for the roof.
It includes fabricating and erecting the steel and cables.
Rene Watteel with Ironworkers Local 712 says it's unlikely the company will hire local workers, "It was us that built BC Place in the first place. We have the capacity. If we don't keep our members employed, we're going to lose that capacity."
He says the fabricating will likely be done in Quebec and Japan, and it means 150 lost jobs.
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