By Canadian Press

B.C. government expanding skills training programs through new complex in Burnaby

Feb 17, 2022 | 11:11 AM

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is spending more than $136 million to build a new trades and technology training complex in Burnaby.

It says the complex at the British Columbia Institute of Technology’s campus will help more than 12,000 full- and part-time students a year in 20 trades and technology programs.

The government’s latest labour market outlook showed eight out of every 10 new openings in the next decade will require post-secondary education or skills training.

The outlook also forecasts more than one million job openings in the next 10 years.

It says about 63 per cent of those job openings will replace people who retire. 

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In a news release, the government says it is also working to connect all B.C. communities to high-speed internet to help business expansion.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 17, 2022.

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