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• Wanted (Desperately): Skilled Workers

There's no question about it," [Scott Sinclair] said. "It's preventing some employers from being able to undertake contracts they want to. "I'm not prepared to lay the blame at anyone's feet," said [Jeff Zabudsky], who chairs the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce board. Government funds and sets the curriculum, the community colleges train, the employers sign the apprentices, he said. "In trades, you're not going to increase without the requisite investment by government and industry." "I'd be concerned we don't have a rash of students entering community colleges expecting to get jobs overnight," he said. "It seems every month or so, someone else has got a carpenters' course going."

...Boilermaker 49 43 71. Bricklayer 60 23 34. Cabinetmaker 43 ...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• August 21, 2009