OTTAWA — The Government of Canada is investing close to $9 million in Canada’s Building Trades Unions to support the development, delivery and evaluation of green training for unionized and non-unionized sheet metal apprentices and journeypersons.
According to a release, the development of this training program will help 2,000 sheet metal workers become better equipped for the transition to a low-carbon economy.
This project is funded by the Union Training and Innovation Program’s  (UTIP) Sustainable Jobs stream under the Government’s Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy.
Starting in 2025–2026, the UTIP Sustainable Jobs stream is expected to support approximately 29,000 workers in the Red Seal trades over five years, the government states.
Budget 2025 has proposed a $75 million expansion of the UTIP over three years, which will further boost union-based apprenticeship training in the Red Seal trades.
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