Nova Scotia bracing rebuilding challenges after Fiona destruction
In Nova Scotia, some of the most severe storm damage was in Cape Breton and Pictou County, where roadways were washed out and the causeway to Big Island was significantly damaged.“We’ll need to look at the jobs that are most crucial, most important, and we will have to focus on repairing those first,” Masland said.Duncan Williams, president of the Construction Association of Nova Scotia, says the demand for skilled tradespeople is extremely high.
Williams said the sector lost a number of skilled workers during the pandemic, when many chose to retire early, but “even prior to the pandemic we were coming up to labour challenges,” he said in an interview Tuesday. “And then of course construction projects are booming, so throw in a hurricane on top of that and we’ve got some real, real problems,” Williams said. A lot of projects in the Halifax area, he added, have “crawled to a snail’s pace” because of labour shortages.Trudeau announces $300M ‘hurricane Fiona recovery fund’ for those impacted in Atlantic Canada
Marjorie Davison, the CEO of the Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency, says estimates show Nova Scotia needs about 11,000 new tradespeople between now and 2030. “About half of that demand is just in the construction sector alone,” Davison said in an interview Tuesday.In June, Premier Tim Houston acknowledged the gaps in Nova Scotia’s skilled trades labour market and announced a new program aimed at recruiting and retaining young tradespeople.
The program will return the provincial tax paid on the first $50,000 of income earned for all trades workers or trades apprentices if they are under 30 years old.
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