Toronto – Skilled Trades and Technology Week 2009 got a big boost as the star of Holmes on Homes, “Canada’s most trusted contractor,” Mike Holmes, offered his support for program.
According to government statistics from the Conference Board of Canada, a shortage of more than a million skilled workers is forecasted by 2020, with an estimated 40 per cent of all new jobs in the skilled trades and technology industries.
Holmes, who finished his first basement at the tender age of 12, also thinks the country is headed in the right direction when it comes to skills development. “We are doing things right because this event used to be called skills day and now it is Skilled Trades and Technology Week. We have a whole week now,” Holmes said.
In this special video interview, CDN editor Paolo Del Nibletto asks Holmes about his plan to encourage young people to enter these valuable trades and high-tech careers.