Empowering Futures for Apprentices

Fill critical labour gaps with wage subsidies, financial incentives, and additional supports for employers who create new work-integrated learning opportunities for students and apprentices.

Critical labour gaps in Canada’s electricity sector point to the importance of hiring new talent and opening doors for students and first-year apprentices. The trades in Canada’s electricity sector were experiencing a pre-pandemic retirement rate of 1.5x the national average. That trend has recently accelerated, while apprenticeship registrations have decreased nationally. We aim to change this. Our sector is generating more opportunities for rewarding, in-demand careers in renewable energy and clean technologies. Young employees are attracted to professions for a healthier planet.

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