Ontario's budget will include $224 million more to build and upgrade training centres, Premier Doug Ford announced Tuesday, part of a push to boost the skilled trades as the government plans major hospital, highway and home building.
Applications for a new Skills Development Fund capital stream are set to open in the late spring for groups including unions, businesses, industry associations and Indigenous centres to build new training centres, or upgrade or convert existing facilities.
“Over the next decade, we're going to need thousands of new skilled construction workers to help build the infrastructure our growing population needs, including the factories we were just talking about, highways, new homes, public transit, schools and hospitals.” “In construction alone we'll need 100,000 skilled workers over the next decade due to retirements and job growth. That is why our government is pulling out all the stops to help workers gain in-demand skills.”
While the job creation numbers were strong, and largely in full-time positions, Ontarians' wages did not keep pace with inflation, the report found. The average hourly wage increased 4.2 per cent to $32.94 in 2022, below the 6.8 per cent inflation rate.
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