Sep 25, 2019 | Skilled Trades
Government Appoints Training and Skills Advisors to Consult with Industry and Stakeholders September 23, 2019 2:15 P.M. Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities TORONTO — Ontario is taking steps to make the province open for business and open for jobs by...
Sep 12, 2019 | Skilled Trades
September 12, 2019 10:30 A.M. Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities STONEY CREEK – Today, David Piccini, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, highlighted an innovative program preparing people for jobs in the...
Jul 12, 2019 | Industry News, Skilled Trades
Province moves forward with easy to use, localized employment services to create jobs Ontario’s government is putting people first by improving employment services with a new system that focuses on the needs of local communities, workers and employers to help...
Apr 28, 2019 | Advocacy, COCA News, Skilled Trades
Schedule 40 of Bill 100, the government’s budget bill, proposes a new statute, the Modernizing the Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2019 (MSTAA). If passed, MTSAA will replace the Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009. The MTSAA is framework...
Apr 16, 2019 | COCA News, Skilled Trades
April 16, 2019 Following his reading of the budget speech on Thursday, April 11th, Finance Minister Vic Fideli introduced Bill 100 Protecting What Matters Most Act (Budget Measures), 2019 in the Ontario legislature for First Reading on Monday, April 15th. Just shy of...
Dec 18, 2018 | COCA News, Skilled Trades, Submissions
Introduction The Council of Ontario Construction Associations (COCA) is a federation of 30 construction associations which represents 10,000 general contractors and trade contractors that operate in all regions of the province in the industrial, commercial and...