CBC: The funding aims to help fulfil an objective announced in the spring economic update called Team Canada Strong — a plan to recruit, train and hire 80,000 to 100,000 new skilled trades workers with the nationally recognized Red Seal certification by 2030-31.
The push is part of an ongoing effort to close a gap of more than 20,000 skilled trades workers per year. It comes as the Liberals’ C-39, a bill intended to speed up major project approvals and construction, moves through Parliament…