Ottawa planning budget measures to tackle shortage of skilled trades
The OCTE executive asked me to pass along this news item from the Globe and Mail:
"The Conservative government is preparing new budget measures to boost skilled trades in Canada, and one option under consideration would require companies to promise apprenticeship training as part of any bid for major procurement contracts.(read the rest of the article at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-planning-budget-measures-to-tackle-shortage-of-skilled-trades/article9199599
Addressing Canada’s growing labour and skills shortage – along with balancing the budget by 2015 – is shaping up as a dominant theme of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s 2013 budget, which is expected within weeks."
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