Federal Finance Committee Report
Earlier this week, the federal government’s Standing Committee on Finance tabled its pre-budget report to the House of Commons, for consideration in the preparation of the federal budget. The report picks up on a number of themes raised by HRAI in its pre-budget recommendations, which include:
- Working with the Canadian Colleges for a Resilient Recovery to train up to 50,000 Canadians across the country to develop the specialized skills needed to work in high-growth sectors of the low-carbon economy.
- Coordinate and complement energy efficient financing and incentive programs.
- Support and incentivize the public and private sector to accelerate deep energy retrofits.
- Support workforce capacity building, critical to achieving Canada’s long-term climate targets in the building sector.
- Enable an energy-efficient renovation wave, in partnership with the provinces, with annual investments of $10 billion to $15 billion per year for 10 years.
The report can be found here. These recommendations are quite general and they are only a few among 222 recommendations in all, so there is no assurance that these will find their way into the federal budget. Nonetheless they show that some of the industry’s concerns at least are being heard.
The federal budget is expected to be announced within the next couple of weeks.
For more information, contact Martin Luymes at 1-800-267-2231 ext. 235 or email mluymes@hrai.ca
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