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Construction emerges relatively unscathed by expanded Ontario lockdown, stakeholders say
Don Wall January 14, 2021 DON WALL A day after Ontario declared a COVID-19 state of emergency with additional lockdown measures affecting some sectors of construction, work continued at this Adi Development Group housing site in west Burlington.
Ontario’s construction sector is expressing relief that the COVID-19 lockdown measures announced by the Doug Ford government Jan. 12 will not significantly curtail construction projects in the province.
Stakeholders are suggesting that despite the province declaring that non-essential construction will have to shut down, most of the construction work that was being undertaken before the new state of emergency was announced perhaps as much as 85 per cent, in one estimate will continue during the 28-day emergency period.
Author of the article: Ellwood Shreve
Publishing date: Jan 06, 2021 • January 6, 2021 • 3 minute read • Henry Veenzliet of Veenzliet and Sons Masonry gives Katrina-Ann Thompson, 14, a student at Agnes Hodge School, a hand spreading mortar on a pillar created by students on Wednesday at Epic Jobs, an event to promote skilled trades. Michelle Ruby jpg, BR
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Monte McNaughton is confident workers in the skilled trades will lead the economic recovery in Ontario.
That is why the minister of labour, training and skills development remains focused on an ambitious effort to address the shortage of skilled trades people who will be needed to make this happen.
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Monte McNaughton is confident skilled trade workers will lead Ontario’s economic recovery.
That’s why the minister of labour, training and skills development remains focused on an ambitious effort to address the shortage of skilled trades people needed to make this happen.
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The Ontario government has an “ambitious agenda to build infrastructure right across the province, whether it’s broadband, natural gas expansion, transit projects and hospitals, and we need a skilled workforce to build all of this,” says the MPP for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex.
Author of the article: Ellwood Shreve
Publishing date: Jan 06, 2021 • January 6, 2021 • 3 minute read • Henry Veenzliet of Veenzliet and Sons Masonry gives Katrina-Ann Thompson, 14, a student at Agnes Hodge School, a hand spreading mortar on a pillar created by students on Wednesday at Epic Jobs, an event to promote skilled trades. Michelle Ruby jpg, BR
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Monte McNaughton is confident workers in the skilled trades will lead the economic recovery in Ontario.
That is why the minister of labour, training and skills development remains focused on an ambitious effort to address the shortage of skilled trades people who will be needed to make this happen.