The Role of the Trades and Employment: Future of the Trades, Trades of the Future

The trades have, for generations, been central to Canadian prosperity, industrial competitiveness, and opportunities for workers. Tradespeople fill a variety of key economic and industrial roles. The trades are crucial to a variety of industrial, construction and other business fields, hundreds of thousands of jobs across the country and sustaining Canada’s robust construction, resource, transportation and other sectors. Moreover, and in addition to their role as tradespeople, skilled workers in these areas often make a transition to business owners and entrepreneurs, further enhancing the net impact of this group within the broader economy.

Source: Dr. Ken Coates full report - https://bit.ly/2PegaEW