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Why this 46-year-old B.C. furniture company is packing up and moving to the U.S.

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65% Informative

Prepac Manufacturing in Delta , B.C. , is closing its doors, throwing 170 people out of work.

The furniture maker will run all of its operations out of its North Carolina plant in 2021 .

Unifor, the union representing the severed workers, questions the company’s claim that tariffs had nothing to do with the closure.

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71

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69

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76

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

57

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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