{"id":3937,"date":"2021-04-19T07:49:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T11:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbtu-corporate-site.local\/?p=3937"},"modified":"2024-08-16T17:59:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T17:59:25","slug":"cbtu-statement-on-budget-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/en\/cbtu-statement-on-budget-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"CBTU STATEMENT ON BUDGET 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3937\" class=\"elementor elementor-3937\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37296e51 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"37296e51\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6870b856 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6870b856\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Budget 2021 illustrated what many of us know \u2013 while we\u2019re closer to the end of the pandemic, than the beginning, we still have a lot of work to do. As predicted, the Budget focused on the pandemic and what Canada needs to do for a post-COVID recovery. Canada\u2019s Building Trades Unions were pleased to see the attention given to skilled trades workers, demonstrating the Government knows investing in our members is a key step on the path towards an economic recovery.<\/p>\n\n<p>The creation of the new Apprenticeship Service through ESDC will encourage more employers to hire and start apprentices \u2013 including additional incentives for hiring those from underrepresented groups. 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