Future of the Kénogami plant: Unifor reassured by Domtar management

Radio Canada
October 8, 2025
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, Canada East

The Unifor union emerged reassured from its meeting last week with Domtar management regarding the survival of the Kénogami paper mill. The mill has been affected by numerous work stoppages for some time. Unifor’s Quebec director, Daniel Cloutier, received confirmation that the company wants to continue producing paper there and that its hydroelectric facilities, which supply power to the region’s mills, are not for sale. We were nevertheless able to be reassured about certain elements regarding Hydro-Saguenay. The dams are not sold, they are not for sale, according to Domtar’s statements. …The Kénogami and Alma paper mills are powered by the five hydroelectric power plants that Domtar, formerly Resolute Forest Products, owns on the Shipshaw River. [translated by Google Translate]

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