• CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    That’s what the data points to as well. We have an appropriate amount of construction workers (edit: or at least in a similar shortage to elsewhere), and the costs of things isn’t all that different from the US either. And yet, the output is tiny.

    What I really need is to hear from someone who’s actually worked in construction on both sides of the border.

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      I’m a construction worker in Ontario, and I know it’s anecdotal, but almost every trade worker has told me the same thing - we’re busy as hell but we can’t find guys to hire. Pretty much for the past 3 or 4 years, that’s all I’ve heard. I was pretty much hired on the spot when I joined the carpenters union in 2019, and I worked with a 19 year old kid who walked into the union hall the day before, and they asked him if he could start the next day. With literally 0 experience. I think we are really hurting for trade workers.

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        They’re all busy as hell out here, as well. The US has a similar situation but I guess they make it work? Hmm, maybe they’re relying on a lot of illegal immigrants that don’t show up in stats.