- Worker Mobility Key to Sustaining Strength Saint John – Planned major industrial, resource and government infrastructure projects will help Atlantic Canada’s construction industry gain momentum through the recession, the Construction Sector Council announced today at the Atlantic Construction Labour...
- Construction Sector Front and Centre at Labour Market Symposium Vancouver – British Columbia’s construction industry will weather the recession better than many other industries thanks to government infrastructure spending, the Construction Sector Council (CSC) announced today at the B.C...
- Ottawa – Initial assessments of the federal government’s stimulus package show it is helping to ease the economic impact of the recession on one of Canada’s most important sectors, according to the Construction Sector Council (CSC). “We’re confident this $30 billion injection over the next two...
- Kingston – After a decade of steady growth and employment for many trades at or near record levels in 2007, Ontario’s construction industry is expected to maintain manageable growth that will require the hiring of nearly 74,000 workers over the next eight years, the Construction Sector Council (CSC)...
- St. John’s – Major engineering and industrial construction projects In New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador will stretch Atlantic Canada’s workforce to the limit, according to the Construction Sector Council. “We’ve got a record number of big projects planned or underway in the Atlantic...
- Winnipeg – Robust construction activity across all sectors has pushed employment of the skilled trades’ workforce to record levels according to the Construction Sector Council’s latest forecast. “Never in the history of the province have we seen so many current and planned projects,” said John...
- Regina – More skilled trades workers are moving back to Saskatchewan to help the construction industry keep pace with record construction activity, according to the latest forecast by the Construction Sector Council. “Saskatchewan is now a major draw in the fierce Canada-wide competition for skilled...
- Victoria – British Columbia leads the country in construction employment growth as the number of construction projects hits a record high according to this year’s forecast from the Construction Sector Council. Major projects relating to the Olympics, Asia Pacific Gateway, mining manufacturing and...
- Mississauga – Rising commodity prices, and major new infrastructure projects are stretching the Canadian construction industry to the limits of the national workforce, said George Gritziotis, Executive Director of the Construction Sector Council. “I’d call it a perfect storm,” said Robert Blakely...
- OTTAWA – The Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced new support for the Construction Sector Council to address skilled labour shortages in the construction industry. Speaking on the federal government's plan to meet Canada's labour market...