Scott Aitchison at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On October 18th, 2023. See this statement in context.

October 18th, 2023 / 6:15 p.m.

Conservative

Scott Aitchison Conservative Parry Sound—Muskoka, ON

Thanks for that.

I'd like to go to Mr. Dale and speak a little more about the skilled labour shortages.

I'll just share with you that CMHC released a report in October 2022 called “Labour Capacity Constraints and Supply Across Large Provinces in Canada”. That report projected that Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia would need to double housing starts over the next decade to reach CMHC's 2030 affordability supply target, but that labour constraints would limit these provinces. In Ontario, it would be limited to about 36%, Quebec 41%, and 29% in B.C., under a best-case scenario.

I'm wondering if you can tell us what Statistics Canada is seeing in the labour market when it comes to increasing the skilled trades participation in Canada. Do you think the summer jobs program might be a way to assist there, if necessary?

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