Experts say Ottawa is playing more of a role in housing, which is mostly a provincial and territorial responsibility, but federal involvement hasn’t brought much relief amid rising home prices.
I keep hearing about this labour crunch, and yet as someone who builds houses as a job (carpenter) this is the slowest summer since 2020 for building houses in Alberta. The builders only seem to want to build pre-purchashed houses and have limited the “spec” houses they build and sell later. It’s the same for a lot of friends we have in the industry, people are scrambling to find work, not workers.
And I’ve been putting out resumes to nearby industries & not getting much attention. So really, how much is there a real labour shortage, and where? Because the 4th & 5th biggest cities in the country aren’t doing so well.
I keep hearing about this labour crunch, and yet as someone who builds houses as a job (carpenter) this is the slowest summer since 2020 for building houses in Alberta. The builders only seem to want to build pre-purchashed houses and have limited the “spec” houses they build and sell later. It’s the same for a lot of friends we have in the industry, people are scrambling to find work, not workers.
And I’ve been putting out resumes to nearby industries & not getting much attention. So really, how much is there a real labour shortage, and where? Because the 4th & 5th biggest cities in the country aren’t doing so well.
Industries 62, 72, and 81 are all above 6% vacancy.
Construction had 64k vacancies last quarter, 12k of those in Alberta.
I get it, it sucks when the jobs aren’t where you want to live, I’ve moved my family 6 times (in 15 years) for work, it’s harder every time.