BREAKING: Lowe’s Canada says IT jobs not going to India

BOUCHERVILLE, Que. ― The Quebec press has been reporting on rumours that Lowe’s Canada is planning to transfer 200 IT jobs to India. The move has been touted as a cost-cutting measure. However, Hardlines has just received word from Lowe’s Canada to update this rumour. Here is the statement from spokesperson Valérie Gonzalo: “Given the rumours currently circulating in some Quebec media that are unduly worrying numerous employees at the organization’s head office on the South Shore of Montreal, Lowe’s Canada wishes to clarify the following facts: contrary to what some Quebec media are claiming, there is no plan to transfer 200 information technology jobs from Longueuil to Bangalore, India.”