{"id":2919,"date":"2023-10-01T06:57:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T06:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=2919"},"modified":"2023-10-01T06:57:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T06:57:40","slug":"more-anti-white-racism-by-canadian-big-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=2919","title":{"rendered":"More Anti-White Racism by Canadian Big Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B.C. construction companies offered cash incentive for hiring non-white males <\/h1>\n\n\n\n

By Quinn Patrick<\/a> – September 28, 2023 Facebook<\/a>Twitter<\/a>Pinterest<\/a>WhatsApp<\/a>Linkedin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A cash incentive available to British Columbia construction companies for hiring new workers doubles if a worker \u201cself-identifies\u201d as anything other than an able-bodied, heterosexual, white male.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, the British Columbia Construction Association (BCCA) announced a new $10 million Apprenticeship Services Program that will give cash incentives to small and medium scale construction companies that hire and register first year apprentices for 39 Red Seal Trades. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The per-employee incentive is $5,000, but if an applicant self-identifies as a person of colour, woman, sexual minority, or person with a disability, it doubles to $10,000, according to the Western Investor<\/a>. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4g_g7k3-6-E?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the BCCA, over half of the apprentices already hired have self-identified as a member of one of the \u201cequity deserving groups.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funding for the BCCA\u2019s new program will come from the federal government\u2019s Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy, launched by the federal government in September 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BBCA is calling the new program the \u201dmost far-reaching construction trade apprenticeship drive ever undertaken in British Columbia.\u201d  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vhA1GymcHYs?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Apprenticeship Services project has become one of the most successful workforce development programs the BCCA has ever launched,\u201d said Chris Atchison, president of the BCCA. \u201cThe timing of this initiative couldn\u2019t be better. Our industry is hungry for skilled workers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each employer is allowed to register two first-year apprentices before March 31, 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BCCA noted that while 35 different Real Seal trades have now hired new apprentices, the majority are registered as first-year carpenters, plumbers and construction electricians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canada\u2019s construction industry will need to recruit 299,200 new employees by 2032 in order to replace those expected to retire by the end of the decade, according to predictions made by BuildForce Canada. They estimate 245,100 construction workers, about 20% of the current labour force, will retire in that timeframe. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

B.C. construction companies offered cash incentive for hiring non-white males By Quinn Patrick – September 28, 2023 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsAppLinkedin A cash incentive available to British Columbia construction companies for hiring new workers doubles if a worker \u201cself-identifies\u201d as anything other than an able-bodied, heterosexual, white male. On Wednesday, the British Columbia Construction Association (BCCA) announced a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[309,2167,2168],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2920,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919\/revisions\/2920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}