Stelco evidence notes | Checked September 29, 2026
These notes preserve source locations and limited excerpts. They are not the original employee memo and do not reproduce complete news articles.

CHCH employee-memo reporting, September 28, updated September 29:
https://www.chch.com/chch-news/stelco-to-indefinitely-idle-hamilton-works-operations-impacting-up-to-500-employees/
Excerpt: "declined by nearly 25 per cent over the quarter average in 2024"
Scope: Q2 2026, cold-rolled and galvanized products in Stelco's traditional markets. The reported Canadian decline concerns the relevant products, not the whole economy.

Canadian Press independently reported seeing the memo:
https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/stelco-to-lay-off-up-to-500-workers-amid-production-shift-citing-us-tariffs-12833023

CBC original reporting and dated archive:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/stelco-tariffs-trump-9.7361216
https://archive.vn/2026.09.28-194851/https%3A/www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/stelco-tariffs-trump-9.7361216

Acquisition announcement, July 15, 2024:
https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/news/news-releases/detail/643/cleveland-cliffs-announces-the-acquisition-of-stelco
Excerpt: "no impact to union jobs"
The article does not establish a breach of commitments or audit capital spending.

Government position:
https://globalnews.ca/news/12076124/stelco-idling-hamilton-plant-layoffs/
The support terms, company response and potential effect on employment were not independently established for this article.

EI announcement versus operational guidance:
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2026/08/support-for-canadian-workers-and-businesses-affected-by-us-tariffs.html
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei/temporary-measures-for-major-economic-conditions.html
The August announcement specifies one-year extensions for the waiting-period and separation-payment measures, and eight months for the additional long-tenured-worker benefits. The operational page checked September 29 still displayed October 10, 2026. Individual eligibility is not inferred from the company's planned wind-down date.