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Apr 30, 2026 19 min

Closing the skilled trades gap

from The Current

The federal government wants to address worker shortages in the skilled trades. At the spring economic update they announced a 5 year plan -- worth 6 billion dollars -- to help recruit, train and hire young people into the skilled trades.

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