Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu holds a news conference in Guelph, Ont., to highlight the launch of the Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Alliance, a collaboration between the government and manufacturing sector groups which aims to increase the skilled workforce for the sector.

Also speaking are Dominique O'Rourke (Liberal MP for Guelph), Jayson Myers (CEO, Next Generation Manufacturing Canada), Jean-Pierre Giroux (president, Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium), Ken Delaney (executive director, Canadian Skills Training and Employment Coalition), Marty Warren (national director for Canada, United Steelworkers), Sarah Watts-Rynard (CEO, Polytechnics Canada), and Jim Jarrell (president and CEO, Linamar Corporation).