Alberta provincial budget, 2019

Government of Canada announces new partnership to create at least 5,200 more apprenticeships in Atlantic Canada

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Friday, August 26, 2022

This includes a minimum of 1,190 first-year apprentices from equity-deserving groups such as women, persons with disabilities, Indigenous people and racialized people.

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  • This includes a minimum of 1,190 first-year apprentices from equity-deserving groups such as women, persons with disabilities, Indigenous people and racialized people.
  • To date, the Government has invested $306million in 15 projects that will enable SMEs to create over 32,000 new apprenticeship positions across Canada.
  • Our Government is focused on promoting and retaining hardworking Canadians in the skilled trades through the Apprenticeship START Plus Project, which will create thousands ofopportunities for first-year apprentices across Atlantic Canada.
  • That's why we're creating thousands of apprenticeships here in Nova Scotia and across Atlantic Canada, so more people can learn a trade, while they earn living.

Government of Canada invests to help Canadians enter skilled trades

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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Approximately 700,000 skilled trades workers are expected to retire in Canada by 2028, creating an ever-growing need to recruit and train thousands more.That is why the Government of Canada is making targeted investments to remove barriers and get more Canadians the apprenticeship training they need to build good, well-paying careers in the skilled trades.

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  • Approximately 700,000 skilled trades workers are expected to retire in Canada by 2028, creating an ever-growing need to recruit and train thousands more.That is why the Government of Canada is making targeted investments to remove barriers and get more Canadians the apprenticeship training they need to build good, well-paying careers in the skilled trades.
  • This project will support youth with disabilities to overcome barriers to relevant training and meaningful employment within the skilled trades.
  • That's why we're investing in projects like GRiT and other initiatives across Canada that are helping to create a strong, skilled and diverse workforce in the trades."
  • In Canada, young women continue to be less likely to express interest in a career in the skilled trades.

Government introduces new legislation to protect Canada's cyber security

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

The Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety, today announced further steps to strengthen Canada's cyber security with the introduction of Bill C-26 ,An Act Respecting Cyber Security (ARCS).

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  • The Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety, today announced further steps to strengthen Canada's cyber security with the introduction of Bill C-26 ,An Act Respecting Cyber Security (ARCS).
  • This proposed legislation will protect Canadiansand bolster cyber security across the financial, telecommunications, energy, and transportation sectors.
  • Furthermore, this legislation introduces the Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act (CCSPA) which lays a foundation for securing Canada's critical infrastructure.
  • "In the 21st century, cyber security is national security and this new legislation will ensure that Canada's defenses meet the moment.

Government of Canada announces new CanCode investment

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Friday, June 3, 2022

To make sure the next generation of young Canadians can thrive in that digital reality, the Government of Canada is supporting millions of students in improving their digital skills.

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  • To make sure the next generation of young Canadians can thrive in that digital reality, the Government of Canada is supporting millions of students in improving their digital skills.
  • CanCode offers training opportunities for students, from kindergarten to Grade 12, to learn digital skills, like coding, data analytics and digital content development.
  • As announced in Budget 2021, the Government of Canada is investing $80 million in CanCode.
  • CanCode is designed to complement educational curricula, promote awareness of coding, spark interest in coding and encourage digital skills more broadly.

Government of Canada helps to create more than 25,000 apprenticeship positions across Canada

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Monday, May 30, 2022

The Government of Canada is investing close to $247 million in 13 projects that will enable small and medium-sized employers (SMEs) to offer apprenticeship training opportunities.

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  • The Government of Canada is investing close to $247 million in 13 projects that will enable small and medium-sized employers (SMEs) to offer apprenticeship training opportunities.
  • The Government's investment today will create more than 25,000 new apprenticeship positions across Canada.
  • Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Carla Qualtrough
    "The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum is extremely pleased with the government's investments in apprenticeship.
  • --Executive Director of the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum, France Daviault
    Approximately 700,000 skilled trades workers are expected to retire in Canada by 2028.

Yukon University and Champagne and Aishihik First Nations working together to assess impacts of climate change on Traditional Territory

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Thursday, May 26, 2022

WHITEHORSE, YT, May 26, 2022 /CNW/ -Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) and researchers at Yukon University are working in collaboration to address the effects of climate change thanks to a multi-year research project that will assess the vulnerability of the CAFN Traditional Territory to climate change and permafrost thaw.

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  • WHITEHORSE, YT, May 26, 2022 /CNW/ -Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) and researchers at Yukon University are working in collaboration to address the effects of climate change thanks to a multi-year research project that will assess the vulnerability of the CAFN Traditional Territory to climate change and permafrost thaw.
  • The Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program supports Indigenous and northern communities and governments in increasing their capacity to adapt to climate change effects.
  • "Yukon University is grateful for this funding from Government of Canada so that we can work in partnership with the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations to address the impacts of permafrost thaw on their Traditional Territory.
  • Budget 2019 committed $26 million for a new campus science building in support of Yukon College's transition to Yukon University.

Canada supports Bigstone Health Commission research and commemoration, and fieldwork investigation activities around former Residential School sites

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Tuesday, May 3, 2022

The locating of unmarked burials at former residential school sites across Canada is a tragic reminder of the abuse that many Indigenous children suffered in these institutions.

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  • The locating of unmarked burials at former residential school sites across Canada is a tragic reminder of the abuse that many Indigenous children suffered in these institutions.
  • Bigstone Health Commissionis undertaking work related to research, knowledge gathering, commemoration, memorialization, and fieldwork investigation around two former Residential Schools- Wabasca (St. John's) and Desmarais (Wabiscaw Lake, St. Martin's, Wabiscaw).
  • Bigstone Health Commissionhas established an Elder Advisory Committee to oversee archival research, interviews, gatherings for Survivors, and ground penetrating radar at both residential school sites.
  • "We acknowledge Bigstone Health Commission and the Elder Advisory Committeefor seeking the truth and working toward healing for Survivors, their families and their communities.

Changes to expand CDIC deposit protection now in effect

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Monday, May 2, 2022

We are also very pleased with the new requirements for trust and brokered deposits that these changes introduce, said Ms. Anderson.

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  • We are also very pleased with the new requirements for trust and brokered deposits that these changes introduce, said Ms. Anderson.
  • The implementation of these new rules will allow people who place deposits in this way to feel confident that their funds are well-protected when they are held at a CDIC member institution.
  • Additional changes include the removal of separate coverage for deposits in mortgage tax accounts which typically have small balances and remain protected under other coverage categories.
  • No one has lost a dollar of deposits under CDIC protection.

Government of Canada invests in labour mobility to boost skilled trades

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

The Government is working to improve labour availability by supporting tradespeople to take up jobs across Canada.

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  • The Government is working to improve labour availability by supporting tradespeople to take up jobs across Canada.
  • Canada has a labour shortage, so we're making it more affordable for trades workers and their apprentices to go where the jobs are.
  • "Canada's Building Trades Unions' applauds the Government of Canada for its support for skilled trades workers in Budget 2022.
  • In Canada, young women continue to be less likely to express interest in a career in the skilled trades.

Government of Canada bolsters the skilled trades sector by investing in training

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

These projects will help unions across Canada improve the quality of training through investments in equipment and materials leading to a more skilled, inclusive, certified and productive trades workforce.

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  • These projects will help unions across Canada improve the quality of training through investments in equipment and materials leading to a more skilled, inclusive, certified and productive trades workforce.
  • "Canada needs more skilled trades workersto build our homes, to engineer new, sustainable solutions,and so much more.
  • Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Carla Qualtrough
    "Canada's Building Trades Unions applauds the Government of Canada for its support for skilled trades workers in Budget2022.
  • In Canada, young women continue to be less likely to express interest in a career in the skilled trades.