Getting people to cover retirement losses is tough, and out-migration due to high rents is adding to the problem.
Construction continues at a site in front of the IWK Hospital in Halifax on Tuesday. Nova Scotia's standing committee on human resources heard several speakers talk Tuesday about how a shortage in skilled trades is affecting the province. - TIM KROCHAKThe gaps in the skilled trade sector caused by a wave of retirements without others pursuing those occupations have arrived much earlier than the expected 2030 date, a legislative committee was told Tuesday.
NDP MLA Suzy Hansen: 'We have heard from employers that access to affordable housing is a key barrier to recruiting and retaining workers.' - Francis Campbell The population growth strategy is built on several pillars, Czapalay said, including migration, in-migration and retaining people who already live in the province.
The deputy minister said the department’s contribution to helping resolve housing challenges is to bring in the people with the skills needed to construct those houses and to help people who are already here to acquire the skills needed to contribute to building the infrastructure to sustain a growing population.
“We offer some, but hope to increase offerings, particularly when it comes to trades. To do so, the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act needs to be updated.” “It has shown that actually, it is not the primary driver to increase access. We have developed a very successful fund-raising arm of the college and through bursaries and scholarships have been able to reduce a lot of the barriers to our students.
Hackett said the hospital project will involve a lot of tradespeople on site but that the department will try to stagger jobs so as not to leave any project short.
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