Prime Minister announces advisory committee aimed at promoting skilled trades

HALIFAX — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the creation of a new advisory committee to help promote apprenticeships and skilled trades across Canada.

Trudeau made the announcement today before a roundtable meeting focused on promoting trades for women at the Nova Scotia Community College in Dartmouth, N.S.

The advisory committee is to lay the groundwork for a national campaign encouraging apprenticeships and promoting the skilled trades as a career.

It will lead consultations, explore partnerships and provide advice to the federal minister of employment, workforce development and labour.