In the next 10 years, the Ontario government wants to build 1.5 million homes, a feat the construction industry is saying will require a massive boost to the labour market.

A skilled labour shortage is going to threaten the industry’s ability to hit those targets, according to Richard Lyall, president of Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON), an association of residential builders in Ontario.

Lyall, speaking on The Sam Laprade Show with guest host Cormac MacSweeney, said there are many systemic problems impacting the labour supply – retiring baby boomers, young people not entering the trades, and not enough immigrants coming in with trades training.

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