Mayor Jyoti Gondek, US News with Jackson Proskow, and Staffing Issues in the Trades Sector

We begin with our weekly conversation with Mayor Jyoti Gondek. This time out, the Mayor lays out details of the city’s long-term plan to ban ‘single use’ plastics, and we discuss the revitalization talks surrounding the SW community of Westbrook. The US has hit its borrowing limit of 31.4 trillion dollars. How will the Federal government address such an astronomical level of debt? We speak with Jackson Proskow, Global News Washington Bureau Chief. According to the Calgary Construction Association, a shortage of skilled labour is causing concerns for the local construction industry. We discuss the challenges from someone who’s very familiar with the issue, Scott White, President and CEO of Calgary-based “Western Electrical Management”.