Canadian Auto Workers President Buzz Hargrove said Tuesday that General Motors' plans to axe 25,000 jobs over the next few years will affect Canadian auto industry.

"I was shocked and I knew immediately that you can't cut 25,000 jobs in the United States and not have an impact on the Canadian operations," Hargrove told local reporters. GM, the world's largest automaker, employs more than 20,000 people in Canada. Although GM'official did not mention its plants in Canada, it's unlikely they wound not be affected, Hargrove said.

Parts and GM's components plants in St. Catharines and Windsor in , Canada's Ontario Province, provide many products for GM's US operations.

"Just the fact that they close assembly plants in the United States will have an impact on our parts operations in St. Catharines and in Windsor," said Hargrove.

Source: Xinhua