The Canadian Construction Association has compiled a summary of the party promises that have rolled out in the second week of federal election campaign.
Among the promises are:
Liberal Party of Canada
Leader Mark Carney’s announcement dealt primarily with trades and training programs, including:
- covering apprenticeship costs for skilled trades workers, offering an $8,000 Apprenticeship Grant for registered apprentices
- increasing funding for union-led training programs and establishing a new $20 million fund for apprenticeship training spaces at colleges
- Apprenticeship Service program would provide up to $10,000 for hiring new apprentices in Red Seal trades
- improve labour mobility by removing internal trade barriers
- a Labour Mobility Tax Deduction to allow workers to deduct more expenses for jobs over 120 km away, with an increased annual deduction limit.
New Democratic Party of Canada
Leader Jagmeet Singh focused on Canadian workers and jobs amid the tariff war via:
- investing in infrastructure projects, such as roads, bridges, and health facilities, using Canadian materials.
- building a clean energy grid, rescuing at-risk home-building projects impacted by tariffs
- banning American companies from federal contracts until tariffs are lifted
- encourage value-added processing in Canada to reduce export reliance and create local jobs.
The Conversative Party of Canada did not make any new promises related to the industry.
To read the CCA roundup of Week 2 of the federal campaign, click here.
The CCA has launched a Construction for Canadians campaign to put the need for federal investment in infrastructure at the forefront of the election campaign. To see the CCA initiative, click here.
