Victoria announces new framework for infrastructure projects
Jul 16, 2018 | 1:38 PM
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BURNABY — Premier John Horgan has announced a new framework for major public sector infrastructure projects that will make it a priority to hire local workers, Indigenous people and women.
The new community benefits framework would also require development of apprenticeship opportunities and that workers on the projects be paid wages that align with industry rates.
Horgan says the agreement will ensure British Columbia projects benefit B-C workers, families and communities.
A new Crown corporation called B-C Infrastructure Benefits has been created to hire workers for select public-sector infrastructure projects, starting with the new Pattullo Bridge, and four-laning projects on the Trans-Canada Highway between Kamloops and Alberta.
