Nation-building starts with builders

This country urgently needs to invest in skills training, take action to scale apprenticeships, and work with us to destigmatize careers in the trades.

Don’t leave the people who pour the concrete, run the cranes, and keep the lights on out of the conversation, writes Rodrigue Gilbert.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY RODRIGUE GILBERT

October 8, 2025

At long last, Ottawa is putting construction at the centre of Canada’s economic strategy. In the past few weeks alone, the federal government has launched the Major Projects Office, released its first list of nation-building projects, stood up the Build Canada Homes agency...

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