Canada has another supply chain management problem. This one is in the industrial construction sector and it’s not cement or machine parts — it’s workers.
As an example, look at what’s been happening in B.C. Large industrial construction projects have attracted workers from all over Canada. Between April 2018 and June 2022, about 78,000 more people moved to the province from other parts of Canada than moved out. The net in-migration tide began to turn last summer.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
BuildForce also estimates that because only about half of apprentices in Canada complete their learning programs, the sector will need to attract at least 200,000 apprentices in the next three years. One reason apprentices do not complete their programs is that when big construction projects finish, employers usually lay them off. Apprentices are required to complete a prescribed number of hours before they qualify to write their final exams, and layoffs can scuttle their hopes for completion.
Countries such as Australia and the U.K. have moved to this system of planning. Using criteria that includes national significance, return on investment and project complementarity, projects identified by governments and the private sector are prioritized, linked and scheduled for decades into the future. That’s correct — decades.
Planning is the key element for this to work. Simply setting aside money to fund projects may backfire if the public feels that the money is not well spent.
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