"Ottawa is putting $6-billion towards boosting employment in the trades in an effort to address labour shortages that risk tripping up the government's building agenda. The federal government's spring economic update, released Tuesday, laid out a suite of measures aimed at increasing the number of young people entering the trades, modernizing the trades education system and providing significant financial support to apprentices as a way of encouraging them to complete training. Dubbed Team Canada Strong, the package has the goal of growing the number of Red Seal trade workers by between 80,000 and 100,000 by 2030... (Rendell, 2026)
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Rendell, Mark. (2026, April 28th) With $6-billion boost, Ottawa hopes to shore up labour force for its building agenda. Available from the Globe and Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-spring-economic-update-6-billion-labour-force-skilled-trades-building/