Ontario Announces $10M to Train Shipbuilding Workforce – August 21, 2024

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces his government is investing $10 million to train workers for careers in the shipbuilding and repair sector. He faces questions from the press about his government’s decision to ban supervised drug consumption sites near schools and child-care centres.

The premier is joined at the news conference in St. Catharines by Ontario Labour Minister David Piccini, Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff, Mayor Mat Siscoe, and Ontario Shipyards CEO Shaun Padulo. (no interpretation)