Ottawa’s Big Bet: the Canada Strong Fund

About this episode

The episode discusses the Canada Strong Fund and its implications for skilled trades and youth unemployment in Canada.

Mark Carney’s Liberals are pouring billions into skilled trades, aiming to train up to 100,000 workers to tackle housing, infrastructure, and major resource projects. The pitch? Build Canada stronger, faster — and less dependent on the United States. We dig into the Spring Economic Update (including Canada's first national sovereign wealth fund) with Heather Thomson from the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce (3:00) in our feature interview presented by Mercedes-Benz Edmonton West. THIS EPISODE IS PRESENTED BY RapidEX FINANCIAL. THE CRYPTO WORLD MOVES FAST, BUT YOUR TRUST IN AN EXCHANGE SHOULDN'T BE A GAMBLE. RapidEX IS SECURE, FINTRAC-REGISTERED, AND NON-CUSTODIAL. SAVE 50% ON FEES ON ONLINE INTERAC E-TRANSFER TRADES WITH PROMO CODE RYAN50 AT https://rapidexfinancial.com/. MBEW: https://www.mercedes-benz-edmontonwest.ca/ EDMONTON CHAMBER of COMMERCE: https://www.edmontonchamber.com/ 25:30 | What's the solution to youth unemployment? Is a career in the trades the best protection against AI and automation? Jespo and Johnny check in on our Live Chat powered by Park Power. SAVE on INTERNET, ELECTRICITY, and NATURAL GAS: https://parkpower.ca/realtalk/ 46:00 | There's no cooler way to…

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Jespersen

Guest: Heather Thomson

Topics covered

• Canada Strong Fund
• skilled trades
• youth unemployment
• AI and automation
• economic update
• infrastructure projects

Keywords

• Canada Strong Fund
• skilled trades
• youth unemployment
• AI
• infrastructure
• economic update
• Mark Carney

Sponsors

RapidEX FINANCIAL, Mercedes-Benz Edmonton West

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Liberals, Park Power, Jasper Motorcycle Tours, Tourism Jasper

Places: Canada, Jasper

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