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Guest column: Ontario can strengthen skilled trades with enhanced child care

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Ontario continues to face a skilled labour shortage.

Samara Sampson says women represent only four to five per cent of skilled trade workers in Ontario .

Sampson: Child care supports need to meet the unique demands of the trades.

She says skilled tradeswomen are actively leaving the trades due to a lack of child care.

The provincial government has made strong investments to help attract women.

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English

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