{"id":926868,"date":"2026-10-09T19:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T19:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/926868\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T19:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T19:18:10","slug":"poilievre-unveils-five-point-steel-plan-urges-ottawa-to-sue-stelcos-u-s-owner-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/926868\/","title":{"rendered":"Poilievre unveils five-point steel plan, urges Ottawa to sue Stelco\u2019s U.S. owner | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791573490_195_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Stelco flag flies beside a Canadian flag at the steel production facility in Hamilton, Ont., on Monday, February 10, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Nick Iwanyshyn<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tOct 9, 2026 | 9:50 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Ottawa to sue Stelco\u2019s American owner as soon as Monday as part of a five-point plan aimed at protecting Canada\u2019s struggling steel industry.<\/p>\n<p>Poilievre announced the plan Friday in Burlington, Ont., overlooking Stelco\u2019s Hamilton operations across the harbour, where layoffs began this week after the Cleveland-Cliffs-owned steelmaker announced up to 500 workers could be laid off.<\/p>\n<p>He said the lawsuit should seek to bring back workers and restart production at Stelco, or force its sale to a Canadian owner willing to resume operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing that we would accept is these workers getting their paycheques, making Canadian steel to build our country,\u201d Poilievre said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Stelco flag flies beside a Canadian flag at the steel production facility in Hamilton, Ont., on Monday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":926869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,20739,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-926868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-ottawa","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/926869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}