Category: Economy

Shortage of construction workers: Canada could need more than 500,000

TORONTO – There is a big shortage of construction workers in Canada: solving it, seems to be the only key to increasing housing supply. The growing labor shortage in the construction sector is cited by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. as one of three factors contributing to longer construction times, in a housing supply report released last month; workers retire faster than they are replaced; and this challenge was exacerbated by the pandemic, when some construction workers changed careers or retired early rather than returning to the industry when the economy reopened.  (more…)

CORRIERE CANADESE / Il Budget divide: no di Poilievre e Blanchet, Singh non si sbottona

TORONTO – Il Budget 2024 divide la nostra classe politica. Da un lato abbiamo il governo liberale che rivendica con forza la bontà di tutte le misure presenti nella Legge di Bilancio di quest’anno – un corposo piano di spesa di oltre 400 miliardi, 53 dei quali per nuovi progetti – dall’altro le opposizioni che vanno in ordine sparso, come già accaduto negli ultimi anni… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>