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Yesterday, we celebrated Canada — the security, prosperity, and opportunity that Canadians have built together. Today, we’re building it stronger. The major projects we’re building will unleash more than $200 billion in investment. Canada faces a real opportunity to become an energy superpower. We are not waiting. We are building our strength at home and diversifying our partnerships abroad. To create good jobs and lasting prosperity — to build Canada strong for all.

We’re building big again. So we need more apprentices to get onto job sites, faster. That’s why we’re providing a $5,000 completion bonus when you become Red Seal certified. Helping more Canadians get into the trades and build Canada strong.

Welders. Electricians. Crane operators. We need more skilled trades workers to help deliver on our plan to double Canada’s electricity grid by 2050. That's why we launched Team Canada Strong — to help recruit, train, and hire up to 100,000 Red Seal skilled trades workers in the next five years to get the job done.

We’re investing in our communities.    That means community centres where your kids can play safely on the weekend.   It means more hospitals, so you don’t have to drive two hours when your child is sick.   And it means new transit that reduces traffic and cuts your commute home.   Because building Canada strong starts with building stronger communities.

In 2024, over 100,000 new apprentices registered, but only about 34,000 completed their apprenticeship. Time to change that.   Through Team Canada Strong, we’re providing apprentices with a $400 weekly top-up while they are training, and a $5,000 apprenticeship completion bonus when they get their Red Seal certification — helping more young Canadians get trained and onto job sites faster.