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Province Announces More Money For Skills Training

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The Ford government is really pushing the skilled trades.

Labor Minister Monte McNaughton says another 90 million dollars is for students for training in the skilled trades.

“Starting next year we will host skills trades career fairs all across Ontario to reach more youth,” says McNaughton.

“Our pre-apprenticeship training program will also see an increase to 28 million dollars annually to provide free training particularly for marginalized youth, women and indigenous peoples.”

McNaughton says they are good-paying jobs with pensions and benefits, but there is a shortage of skilled workers in the province.

Education minister Stephen Lecce says there is a big demand for these workers.

“The need for the skilled trades is expected to grow with Ontario projected to need more than 100 thousand additional workers including skilled tradespeople in the construction sector to meet the needs of the economy in the coming years.”

Lecce says the demand for skilled workers is expected to be high for the next five years.

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Ontario Expanding It’s Second Career Program

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The provincial government says it will be expanding its Second Career training program.

Premier Doug Ford says starting in the spring of 2022 as many as 240 thousand people will be able to be re-trained.

“Our government is determined to do whatever we can, to help connect workers who lost their jobs due to the pandemic by providing the training they need to start new, in-demand, and well-paying careers,” says Ford.

Ford says anyone entering the program will be eligible for up to $28,000 to pay for their education and training as well as living expenses.

“Since March of 2021 when the Second Career program was launched, it has helped thousands and thousands of people train for new careers and land new jobs. That’s thousands of people who have used this program to improve their skills and learn new ones.”

Ford expects to put another $275 million into the Second Career program and is proposing to extend the Ontario Jobs Training tax credit.