Australian Trade Union Training Authority

Helping more Canadians build careers in skilled trades

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Friday, August 11, 2023
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The Government of Canada is investing in the skilled trades to ensure Canadians have access to the high-quality apprenticeship training they need to get into these good, in-demand and well-paying careers.

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  • The Government of Canada is investing in the skilled trades to ensure Canadians have access to the high-quality apprenticeship training they need to get into these good, in-demand and well-paying careers.
  • This is to ensure as many Canadians as possible can access training that will help them find a good job in the skilled trades.
  • Further to providing supports in the skilled trades, the Government is also helping to increase awareness, through an advertising campaign promoting the skilled trades as a first‑choice career option for young people.
  • Today's announcement, together with other Government of Canada actions to support the skilled trades, will help to build a robust skilled trades workforce for the future.

Government of Canada invests in youth to build a stronger Canada

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Friday, July 14, 2023
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That is why the Government of Canada continues to invest in youth, so that they get the education, the experience, and the job opportunities to build a stronger Canada for generations to come.

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  • That is why the Government of Canada continues to invest in youth, so that they get the education, the experience, and the job opportunities to build a stronger Canada for generations to come.
  • Skills Canada undertakes a number of promotional activities and events including Skills Canada provincial and territorial competitions, national competitions, WorldSkills competitions, and National Skilled Trades and Technology Week.
  • – Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, Marci Ien
    "Skills Canada has raised awareness about skilled trade careers throughout Canada for close to 30 years.
  • Skills Canada has delivered the Skills Canada National Competition across Canada over the past 29 years in over 40 skilled trades and technologies.

Minister O'Regan addresses the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, North America's oldest continuously operating trade union

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Monday, February 20, 2023
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Today, Minister of Labour Seamus O'Regan Jr. addressed and met with members of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers at their Executive Council Meeting in Miami, Florida.

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  • Today, Minister of Labour Seamus O'Regan Jr. addressed and met with members of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers at their Executive Council Meeting in Miami, Florida.
  • In recent years, the Government has provided more than $2,700,000 in funding to the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers through the UTIP.
  • It's trades workers like the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers that built the middle class and continue to do it every day."
  • The International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers was founded in 1865, it became an international union in 1881 with the admittance of locals representing workers from Hamilton and Toronto in Ontario, Canada.

Minister O'Regan Highlights Investments in Skills for a Net-Zero Economy

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022
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ST. JOHN'S, NL, Nov. 9, 2022 /CNW/ - Minister of Labour Seamus O'Regan met with Trades NL and the Ironworkers to highlight investments in the skills and education workers need for the jobs they want.

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  • ST. JOHN'S, NL, Nov. 9, 2022 /CNW/ - Minister of Labour Seamus O'Regan met with Trades NL and the Ironworkers to highlight investments in the skills and education workers need for the jobs they want.
  • The world is looking for renewable energy, and investors are prioritizing jurisdictions that take climate change seriously.
  • Canadian workers will lead the way to a net-zero economy that works for everyone.
  • The federal debt-to-GDP ratio is projected to continuously decline and is on a steeper downward track than projected in Budget 2022.

Minister Gould highlights affordability, early learning and child care and the government's plan to build an economy that works for everyone

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022
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This is a result of an investment of more than $27billion over five years as part of Budget 2021 to build a Canada-wide early learning and child care system with provinces and territories.

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  • This is a result of an investment of more than $27billion over five years as part of Budget 2021 to build a Canada-wide early learning and child care system with provinces and territories.
  • And it lays out an ambitious plan to strengthen industry and build a thriving net-zero economy with opportunities and jobs.
  • The federal government's fiscal anchorthe unwinding of COVID-19-related deficits and reducing the federal debt-to-GDP ratio over the medium termremains unchanged.
  • Combined with other investments, including in Indigenous early learning and child care, up to $30 billion over five years will be provided in support of early learning and child care.

Government of Canada announces new partnership to create at least 4,000 apprenticeships across Canada

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Thursday, October 20, 2022
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To date, the Government has invested over $393million in 19 projects that will enable SMEs to create over 42,000 new apprenticeship positions across Canada.

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  • To date, the Government has invested over $393million in 19 projects that will enable SMEs to create over 42,000 new apprenticeship positions across Canada.
  • We need more women, persons with disabilities, Indigenous people, racialized Canadians and other traditionally marginalized people to get into the skilled trades.
  • On October 12, the Government of Canada launched two calls for proposals that close on December 1, 2022.
  • There are more than 195,000 SMEs in Canada who work in the eligible Red Seal trades.

Government of Canada invests to improve the participation of equity-deserving groups in the skilled trades

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
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With the demand for skilled tradespeople at an all-time high, the Government of Canada is making targeted investments aimed at developing a diverse and inclusive skilled trades workforce that will help more Canadiansincluding womenbuild good, well-paying careers.

Key Points: 
  • With the demand for skilled tradespeople at an all-time high, the Government of Canada is making targeted investments aimed at developing a diverse and inclusive skilled trades workforce that will help more Canadiansincluding womenbuild good, well-paying careers.
  • This new investment is a continuation of the Government's support for women in the skilled trades.
  • The Government is also working with provinces and territories to harmonize apprenticeship training requirements in targeted Red Seal trades.
  • This will help an additional 3,500 apprentices from equity-deserving groups, including women, newcomers, persons with disabilities, Indigenous people and racialized individuals, access good-quality jobs in high-paying skilled trades.

Government of Canada invests in training equipment to help more workers across Canada become certified in the skilled trades

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Wednesday, August 31, 2022
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Demographic shifts and high retirement rates are creating an ever-growing need to recruit and train thousands more Canadians in the skilled trades.

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  • Demographic shifts and high retirement rates are creating an ever-growing need to recruit and train thousands more Canadians in the skilled trades.
  • Selected projects will help unions across Canada improve the quality of training in Red Seal trades that registered apprentices and pre-apprentices (non-registered apprentices) receive.
  • The Government is also working with the provinces and territories to harmonize apprenticeship training requirements in targeted Red Seal trades.
  • "Canada needs more skilled trades workers, and union training programs are critical to this mission.

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
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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.

Key Points: 
  • 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 helps to create more than 25,000 apprenticeship positions across Canada

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Monday, May 30, 2022
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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.

Key Points: 
  • 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.