The province says it needs more workers in skilled trades to meet housing demands over the next decade. Ontario's government wants to build 1.5 million homes over the next decade, but says it will need 100,000 more workers to carry that out. Story continuesBut with the latest job vacancy rate around 6.6 per cent, tens of thousands of skilled construction jobs have nobody to fill them. You've got the university wall, you've got the college wall, but where's the skilled trades wall? Michelis says he's certain the labour shortage would be improved if Ontario could legally hire some of these skilled workers.

Source: CBC News February 21, 2023 21:09 UTC