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Moving toward open bidding and creating more apprenticeship spots for skilled trades regardless of union affiliation is critical to resolving the issues of labour supply to meet the housing shortage, says think-tank Cardus.
“One is promote skilled trades as a viable and lucrative career path, and we don’t do that enough,” he says, though recent moves by the Ontario government to promote trades for credits in high school are a good step forward.
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