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tirements and growing demand
for construction services across
Canada, the industry will need
to recruit 300,000 new work-
ers over the next 7 years,” says
Boucher. “Immigration is part of
the solution and we continue to
work with government officials
to ensure Canada’s immigra-
tion system is open and permits
construction employers to ac-
cess qualified skilled labour the
industry needs from abroad.
While this is never the preferred
solution, increasing domestic
skilled trade’s scarcity is leaving
the industry with little choice.”
With globalization increasingly
impacting every sector of the
Canadian economy, Canada can
ill afford to fall behind due to
chronic workforce shortages.
“We’ll have to be versatile and
efficient in order to sustain our
enviable way of life. To that end,
we believe Canada must con-
tinue to invest in a system of
world-class public and private
infrastructure in order to remain
globally competitive.” Boucher
advocates that “the world as
we know it will change and we
have to be proactive in ensuring
Canada is not left behind.”
With a history spanning close to
100 years, The Canadian Con-
struction Association is “proud
to have accomplished what we
have over the years. We are
very strong and well represent-
ed and have a good system and
structure in place. We do the
best we can to serve the indus-
try in Canada as a whole.”
For more information on the
CCA, visit
