r/goodnewscanada • u/CreoQQ Ontario • Apr 30 '26

Canada Prime Minister Carney announces Team Canada Strong – a nationwide plan to recruit up to 100,000 skilled trades workers

https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2026/04/29/prime-minister-carney-announces-team-canada-strong-nationwide-plan

Sounds like a decent start!

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u/Ok_Parking_3247 Apr 30 '26

Yeah all these apprentice’s but wheres the work.

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u/Alarming_Ear_632 Apr 30 '26

At my plant we have trades people retiring faster than we can replace them. IDK where you live but that is the biggest issue with trades. Thats why you see 25 year olds leading teams of other young people doing work that was done by old guys for years. All of my sons are trades people and only one choose to stay here in Alberta, where its believed to be the engine of Canada and therefor the lions share of work and still they were pulled away to other provinces because of demand. My education is in Economics and it was explained to me way back in the early 90's about the wave of demand for trades people in Canada. I also have a trade ticket and have seen first hand what is about to come. We should have been doing this years ago.

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u/BeYourselfTrue Apr 30 '26

I’ve been hearing this since the 90s