{"id":806428,"date":"2026-07-16T21:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/806428\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T21:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:04:10","slug":"ottawa-offers-provinces-2-billion-to-help-train-more-skilled-trades-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/806428\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa offers provinces $2 billion to help train more skilled trades workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784235850_591_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Minister of Jobs and Families Patty Hajdu responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, June 5, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Sean Kilpatrick<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 16, 2026 | 1:48 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>HALIFAX \u2014 The federal government says it will spend $2 billion to recruit and train up to 100,000 more Red Seal trade workers through bilateral deals it plans to strike with the provinces and territories.<\/p>\n<p>Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hajdu announced the additional funding for the existing Team Canada Strong program in Halifax today. <\/p>\n<p>The government says the funding will help provinces and territories expand training capacity and reduce systemic barriers that slow certification. <\/p>\n<p>Ottawa will soon start negotiations and hopes to have agreements in place with the provinces and territories this fiscal year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minister of Jobs and Families Patty Hajdu responds to a question during question period in the House of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-806428","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\/806428","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=806428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}