{"id":527337,"date":"2026-03-10T18:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/527337\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T18:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:24:19","slug":"ottawa-spending-229m-to-help-tariff-hit-ontario-workers-obtain-new-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/527337\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa spending $229M to help tariff-hit Ontario workers obtain new skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773167059_645_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tMar 10, 2026 | 10:30 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 The federal government will spend $228.8 million over the next three years to help Ontario workers in industries hit hard by U.S. tariffs acquire new skills and adapt to the trade war disruption.<\/p>\n<p>The new Canada-Ontario Workforce Tariff Response will support workers and job seekers in the province\u2019s softwood lumber, steel and automotive industries \u2014 areas still facing steep sectoral tariffs from the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government says in a news release that workers in sectors affected indirectly by tariffs can also access the training and employment services on offer.<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa estimates 27,000 workers in Ontario will get training or other supports through the program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By The Canadian Press Mar 10, 2026 | 10:30 AM OTTAWA \u2014 The federal government will spend $228.8&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-527337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}