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Ontario is leading the way when it comes to the #skilledtrades
RESCON's October. newsletter is hot off the digital press with columns by @RESCONprez, @RESCON_VP, @gacmediagroup and a Q&A with Housing Minister @RobFlackEML. Read the digital file at heyzine.com/flip-book/927584… or the PDF at 66ff6bee-9dbe-49f7-bf44-eddb….
#HousingCrisis #onpoli
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Thinking about a career in the skilled trades? Come explore the possibilities at the 2026 Level Up! Skilled Trades Career Fair in Barrie!
Try hands-on activities, meet employers and training providers, ask questions, and discover where a career in the skilled trades could take you.
📍Sadlon Arena, 555 Bayview Drive, Barrie
When: Tuesday, October 6, 3:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Admission is free… come out and see the skilled trades in action!
#SkilledTradesON #LevelUp
An article in Canadian Contractor Magazine provides an overview of presentations from some of the speakers at RESCON’s recent Housing Summit 6.0. Read canadiancontractor.ca/featur….
#HousingCrisis #cdnpoli #onpoli @RESCONprez
RESCON held its sixth annual #housing summit on Sept. 23. Many thanks to our sponsors: @enbridgegas, FRPO, @liuna183, and @TheReal_TRREB.
For video of the event, go to rescon.com/copy-of-committee…
#HousingCrisis @RESCONprez @RESCON_VP
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Rpresentatives from the @ConstructionCAN, @PCACanada, @LiUNACanada, @CANMechanical, @RESCON_VP and other advocates suggested the government must follow through on summit promises by creating the conditions to get projects moving.
canada.constructconnect.com/…
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Rpresentatives from the @ConstructionCAN, @PCACanada, @LiUNACanada, @CANMechanical,
@RESCON_VP and other advocates suggested the government must follow through on summit promises by creating the conditions to get projects moving.
canada.constructconnect.com/…
Ontario has done a lot to remove the stigma attached to the skilled trades, but we need to continue to highlight opportunities that they offer, @RESCON_VP writes in his latest blog at rescon.com/blogs/we-need-to-….
#skilledtrades #onpoli @RESCONprez
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Today, we announced the largest expansion of provincially funded seats at Ontario’s public colleges and universities in more than a decade.
We’re funding 70,000 more spots in priority fields like STEM, health care, teaching and trades to connect more Ontario students to good-paying, in-demand careers.
Learn more: news.ontario.ca/en/release/1…
RESCON is calling on the federal and provincial governments, along with municipalities, to permanently eliminate the #HST from new home purchases, @Onconstructnews reports at ontarioconstructionnews.com/….
#HousingCrisis #onpoli #cdnpoli @RESCONprez
RESCON is joining communities and organizations across the country in recognizing World Suicide Prevention Day on Sept. 10 and marking September as Suicide Prevention Month.
#SuicidePreventionMonth #construction @RESCONprez @RESCON_VP
RESCON is holding a free online housing summit Sept. 23 to talk about what's working and what needs to happen. For more info and to register, read our press release at rescon.com/press-releases/wh….
#HousingCrisis @RESCONprez
The @WSIB should pause closure of the Second Injury and Enhancement Fund and hold a full consultation, @RESCON_VP said in an article in @COSmagazine at thesafetymag.com/ca/news/gen….
#construction #healthandsafety
The province is seeking input on how the Ontario Building Code can be modernized, simplified and streamlined while maintaining #health, #safety and performance standards, David Henderson writes in a blog at rescon.com/blogs/building-co….
#construction #housing @RESCONprez
Associations, MLITSD, and other #safety groups are continuing to work on plans related to the announced harmonization of safety standards across Canada, @RESCON_VP writes in his latest blog at rescon.com/blogs/harmonizati….
#healthandsafety #construction @RESCONprez
RESCON's August newsletter is hot off the press with columns by @RESCONprez, @RESCON_VP, @gacmediagroup and plenty of articles. Read the digital version at heyzine.com/flip-book/3bf54a… or the PDF at 66ff6bee-9dbe-49f7-bf44-eddb….
#HousingCrisis #onpoli #cdnpoli
RESCON members go above and beyond to plan and execute heat mitigation plans to keep workers safe on-site, @RESCON_VP writes in his latest blog at rescon.com/blogs/municipalit….
#construction #HeatStress #SafetyFirst
A CMHC report noted that Canada could have produced nearly 30 per cent more #housing in 2024, which is an astounding figure, but government and red tape got in the way, @RESCONprez writes in his latest blog at rescon.com/blogs/solutions-t….
#onpoli #cdnpoli
Ontario does not have a land scarcity problem. Rather, it has a serviced, approved and buildable land scarcity problem, @RESCONprez writes in a column in @TheTorontoSun at rescon.com/news/land-scarcit….
#HousingCrisis #onpoli
Ontario is dealing with a #housing affordability crisis that has been decades in the making - one built, layer by layer, through public policy, @RESCONprez said in a column in @sensomagazineca at sensomagazine.ca/en/construc….
#HousingCrisis #onpoli
A new report prepared for RESCON argues that Canada's persistent #apprenticeship crisis is not primarily a funding problem — it is a design problem. Read the article in @HRReporter at hrreporter.com/focus-areas/r….
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