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Strickland spoke about incentives and supports to bring more people into the skilled trades, including the provision in the 2022 Federal Budget to double the Union and Innovation Training Program. Funding provided through this program supports apprentices as they complete their apprenticeship. Strickland also spoke about the importance of attracting and retaining more women and BIPOC individuals in the skilled trades, and explained some of the programs CBTU are working with to do that. 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