Where are the new jobs now? Skilled trades

Boosting skilled trades is critical to many of the Carney government’s plans to reinvent our economy. Carney has said that, by 2033, Canada will need more than 1.4 million new trades workers 'to build homes, expand transit and develop energy infrastructure across the country.'

TORONTO—Where are the new jobs now? For someone finishing high school and trying to decide what to do next—go to university or community college, or purse a skilled trade through apprenticeship— there are few guideposts. It’s also a big question for those now enteri...

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