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DON WALL — Minister of Labour David Piccini recently commented on improving workplace fatalities data. He is pictured at the Building Trades conference in Windsor last month.
Of those deaths, 16 were in the construction sector. Chief Prevention Officer Dr. Joel Moody reported this is an improvement from the 20 deaths in the sector in 2022, 18 in 2021 and 23 in 2020. The Workers for Workers Five legislation created a new education stream called Focused Apprenticeship Skills Training that will allow students in Grades 11 and 12 to participate in more apprenticeship learning through additional co-operative education credits while completing high school; it enabled the launching of a new online job-matching portal that Piccini said would particularly help apprentices looking for construction positions in rural communities; and it created alternative pathways...
“That’s a big and profound move, because we’re never going to build the hospitals, highways, roads, bridges, public transit if we’re leaving 50 per cent of the workforce behind,” he said. At the same time Piccini and Premier Doug Ford also announced the province was removing the $150 fee for apprentices taking their first Certificate of Qualification exam.
“Ultimately, you’re driving a more productive workforce,” he said. “I think the majority of employers clearly get that.”
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