Skilled Workers

• Ontario exempting training centres from municipal and planning laws

  Ontario may let Skills Development Fund training centres bypass municipal planning rules, sparking concerns over safety, oversight, and transparency.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2025
  
• Lags in Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program a ‘failure of the government’: advocate

  Demonstrators expressed frustration with being caught in limbo, as over 20,000 people wait for the next step in immigrating to Manitoba, and becoming a permanent Canadian resident.

  Canada

  Apr 4, 2024
  
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• Loans available to B.C. newcomers who want to put down roots

  Open to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, the loans can be used for employment-related costs, housing or education.

  Canada

  Feb 3, 2023
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• Lethbridge’s construction industry struggling to find skilled workers: experts

  According to Economic Development Lethbridge, the number of workers needed by the local construction industry has dipped by 200 since July.

  Economy

  Sep 13, 2022
• Ontario to introduce legislation aimed at attracting skilled workers

  The PC government says workers in more than 30 professions who are credentialed in other provinces would see their papers processed "within a service standard of 30 days."

  Canada

  Feb 25, 2022
• Quebec businesses struggle to hire employees due to labour shortage

  150,000 job vacancies currently exist in Quebec while the unemployment rate is the lowest in Canada. Many businesses in the province say more needs to be done to hire workers.

  Canada

  Apr 16, 2021
• Peterborough construction industry faces skilled labour gap

  Mortlock Construction, builders of the Brock Mission men's shelter in Peterborough, say they have to compete with larger centres for qualified labourers.

  Economy

  Oct 10, 2019
• Quebec has accepted 40 per cent fewer skilled workers in first half of 2019

  New statistics show Quebec is making good on its promise to reduce its share of immigrants in 2019.

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2019
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• Sheet metal workers return to negotiations with contractor’s association

  Kingston's sheet metal workers have returned to negotiations with the Ontario General Contractor's Association.

  Economy

  May 15, 2019
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• Immigration pilot project receiving criticism from N.B. opposition

  The government says the pilot project is one piece of the puzzle, not the sole solution to an aging demographic and high unemployment rates.

  Politics

  Jul 7, 2016