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Workers assemble a new building at the Darlington nuclear facility in Courtice, Ont., in 2014.

Zabeen Hirji is an executive adviser to business and governments and former chief human resources officer at Royal Bank of Canada.

Inez Jabalpurwala is the president and CEO of the Public Policy Forum.

Pari Johnston is president and CEO of Colleges and Institutes Canada .

The federal government has embarked on an ambitious nation-building economic growth agenda, one that needs an equally ambitious talent and skills agenda. Nowhere is this more evident than in the government’s push to fast-track major projects – a cornerstone of its new industrial strategy to drive growth.

But a big question remains: Where will the talent and new skills come from? The answer is clear: In our drive t

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