Money will help train more than 1,000 welders, boilermakers, ironworkers and miners across the region

Sudbury’s Boilermakers training hall rises in steel and concrete as Ontario commits more than $13 million from the Skills Development Fund to train over 1,000 welders, boilermakers, ironworkers and miners across the region. “President Trump’s tariffs are a direct attack on our country, on our province and on our workers,” Labour Minister David Piccini says, casting the funding as protection for paycheques and worker safety.

What the money buys

The package funds a cluster of employer‑led projects that close the gap between classroom and safe worksites: Local 128’s new hall doubles welding booths from eight to sixteen and enables year‑round instruction; Agnico Eagle runs on‑the‑job mining

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