Provide funding and expand mandates, where appropriate, for the Student Work Placement Program, the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy, Canada Summer Jobs, and the Canadian Service Corps
"Provide funding and expand the mandates, where appropriate, for the Student Work Placement Program, the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS), Canada Summer Jobs, and the Canadian Service Corps. We will work to better align the mandates with critical and emerging sectors such as green technology, artificial intelligence, and advanced manufacturing. This will increase opportunities within the not-for-profit organizations, the public sector, and private sector organizations." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22
Create a $25M/year fund to attract leading researchers to Canadian institutions when the US cuts their project funding
"Attract leading researchers to Canadian institutions by creating the Canadian Sovereignty and Resilience Research Fund. If the U.S. cuts a researcher’s project funding, we will work with the Canadian research ecosystem if projects can directly help Canadians or be commercialized here. Where the U.S. is squeezing out researchers, we will look to welcome research here in Canada. Eligible researchers could include professors and graduate students. More researchers at home will help us solve Canadian problems, and export more Canadian solutions to the global marketplace." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23
Create a capstone organisation to ensure federal granting agencies are funding mission-driven research
"Finalize Canada’s modernization of science and research, through the creation of a capstone organization that will ensure the federal granting agencies are driving mission-driven research that brings Canadian expertise to big global challenges and effectively commercializes homegrown ideas." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23
Train over 100,000 skilled workers, including newcomers and those affected by Trump's tariffs
"To deliver on this [housing] plan, we will train over 100,000 skilled workers, including newcomers and those affected by Donald Trump’s reckless trade war." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Develop sector specific industrial strategies for energy, mining, manufacturing, buildings, and transportation, with workers at the table, to speed up Canada's clean energy transition and attract new investment
"New Democrats are committed to our Build Canadian, Buy Canadian Plan to boost our domestic economy and create a stronger and more independent economy. As part of this plan we would develop sector-specific industrial strategies for energy, mining, manufacturing, buildings and transportation, with workers at the table every step along the way, with the goal of accelerating Canada’s clean energy transition and attracting new investment in communities across the country. And we would provide additional supports to train more workers for tomorrow’s green economy. Our goal will be to support good, new jobs in clean industries, and support the decarbonization of essential industries like steelmaking, cement-making, transportation and others." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Allow trades workers to write off the full cost of food, transport, and accommodation needed to go from one job to another
"Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced today that a new Conservative government will allow travelling trades workers to write off the full cost of food, transport and accommodation needed to go from one job to another while ending write-offs for luxury corporate jets that are not needed to do business." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
Back 350,000 positions for trade schools and union halls to train red-seal apprentices to build homes
Require banks to recognise apprenticeships as eligible Registered Education Savings Plans programmes
"Today, Conservatives announced that they would deliver fairness for the skilled trades by requiring banks to recognize apprenticeships for Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs). Financial institutions that offer RESPs will be required to recognize all skilled trades and apprenticeship programs as eligible RESP programs, ensuring that all related expenses qualify for Education Assistance Payments." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
Provide an Apprenticeship Grant up to $8,000 for registered apprentices
"Provide a new Apprenticeship Grant of up to $8,000 for registered apprentices. Should an apprentice not complete their program within established timelines, the grant converts to an interest-free loan. This is in addition to the $20,000 interest-free Canada Apprentice Loans available to apprentices progressing through training. We will work with First Nation, Inuit, and Métis communities to raise awareness of the new grant. And we will make certain expenses eligible that make it easier and more affordable for women to apprentice in the trades." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23
Double funding for the Union Training and Innovation Program, increasing it to $50M/year
"Increase access to union-led training initiatives by permanently doubling the funding of the Union Training and Innovation Program from $25 million to $50 million. This funding will now support investments in training spaces and classrooms, supporting any of the Red Seal trades." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23
Create a new $20M capital funding stream for colleges to support new training spaces for apprenticeships
"Establish a new $20 million capital funding stream for colleges to support new training spaces, such as classrooms, for apprenticeships. We will also work with provinces and territories to increase operating funding for trade colleges, building on the successes of jurisdictions like Quebec, which has been a leader in funding apprenticeship and vocational training, as well as strategic workplace apprenticeships." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23
Expand the Labour Mobility Tax Deduction so trades workers can write off more travel expenses, and increase the per-year deduction limit
"Expand the Labour Mobility Tax Deduction to ensure workers who travel more than 120 km from their home to a job site can deduct more of their expenses, and commit to significantly increasing the per-year tax deduction limit." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Provide up to $5,000 to eligible employers for each new apprentice hired in Red Seal trades, and $10,000 for women, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups
"Uphold the Apprenticeship Service program to support employers in hiring new apprentices in Red Seal trades, with up to $10,000 for eligible employers for each new apprentice hired;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
"Uphold the Apprenticeship Service program to support employers in hiring new apprentices in Red Seal trades, with $5,000 for first-year apprentices and $10,000 for women, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23
Incentivise companies building housing to hire apprentices and recent graduates by setting new requirements on federal contribution agreements to major products
"Incentivize companies to hire apprentices and recent graduates by establishing new requirements on federal contribution agreements to major projects that commit industry partners to include significant opportunities for young Canadians." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23
Provide an up-to-$15K upskilling & training benefit for workers in priority sectors like manufacturing, healthcare, construction, AI, & tech
"A Mark Carney led government will provide a new upskilling and training benefit for workers in the middle of their careers who need to access new skills training for their career stability and success. This new benefit will :
provide up to $15,000 for workers in priority sectors, including manufacturing, health care, construction, A.I. and technology. In the face of the economic uncertainty and volatility many Canadian businesses are facing, we will collaborate with employers to support retention and upskilling within their companies; and,
ensure that Canadian workers impacted by tariffs have the necessary tools to pursue good paying jobs and advance their careers in priority sectors. We will design these supports in partnership with labour, employers, and industry."
