{"id":718668,"date":"2026-06-06T09:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/718668\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T09:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:02:10","slug":"governments-launch-program-for-tariff-impacted-workers-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/718668\/","title":{"rendered":"Governments launch program for tariff-impacted workers \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

The federal and provincial governments are directing $18.2 million to retrain Manitoba workers impacted by tariffs.<\/p>\n

Money through the new Canada-Manitoba Workforce Tariff Response could reach upwards of 2,100 workers, including those who are unemployed or participating in work-sharing agreements, a government news release says.<\/p>\n

Sectors such as agriculture, construction, manufacturing and transportation will be targeted. Workers may upskill or retrain to meet the needs of evolving industries or to gain skills for in-demand jobs.<\/p>\n

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MIKE DEAL \/ FREE PRESS<\/p>\n

Business Minister Jamie Moses (from left), Minister of Advanced Education and Training Ren\u00e9e Cable and Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs Rebecca Chartrand check out a robotic manufacturing training machine at RRC Polytech in Winnipeg after the announcement Friday of Canada-Manitoba funding to retrain workers impacted by global tariffs.<\/p>\n

The $18.2 million will be spread over three years.<\/p>\n

Home sales lag in Winnipeg metro region <\/p>\n

Home sales dropped slightly in May \u2014 but the price of detached houses still rose.<\/p>\n

The Winnipeg Regional Real Estate Board tracked 1,707 home sales last month. It\u2019s a four per cent decrease from May 2025.<\/p>\n

The bulk of last month\u2019s sales \u2014 1,200 \u2014 came from residential detached homes. It was a four per cent dip from the number of sales in May 2025.<\/p>\n

The price of such houses increased four per cent year-over-year, to an average $477,313.<\/p>\n

The price was up seven per cent over the five-year average.<\/p>\n

Condominium sales, in contrast, jumped six per cent year-over-year; the average price dropped a percentage point to $294,703.<\/p>\n

So far this year, house sales \u2014 5,594 \u2014 are lagging behind 2025 by eight per cent and behind the five-year average by two per cent.<\/p>\n

Interprovincial trade survey open <\/p>\n

The Committee on Internal Trade is gathering information about what works and doesn\u2019t when trying to sell services interprovincially.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s seeking feedback through an online survey.<\/p>\n

The results will be used to expand the Canadian Mutual Recognition Agreement on the Sale of Goods, which the committee signed last year.<\/p>\n

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An expansion should come by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n

The committee combines federal, provincial and territorial ministers who are responsible for internal trade. They create rules that apply across Canada.<\/p>\n

The mutual recognition agreement is meant to lawfully allow a product sold in one jurisdiction to be sold across Canada without meeting further requirements.<\/p>\n

The survey will close June 17 (ca1.voxco.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u2014 Free Press staff <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The federal and provincial governments are directing $18.2 million to retrain Manitoba workers impacted by tariffs. Money through…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-718668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718668","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=718668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}