Canada wants to build, but who will do the building?

Canada is pouring hundreds of billions into infrastructure, housing, and defence — but there's a catch: youth unemployment among 20–24 year-olds sits at 11.3%, and existing training programs are too fragmented to funnel young people into the jobs these investments will create. Alexander Zelenski argues that Canada doesn't need more youth programs; it needs better-connected pathways that tie young workers directly to the national projects already underway. Drawing on models from the EU, the US, and New Zealand, he lays out what that could look like. Worth a read for anyone thinking about workforce development, skills policy, or what nation-building actually requires.

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