Funding of nearly $6 million will help to launch a skilled trades training centre near London, which will help students and apprentices explore careers in welding, metal fabrication and industrial mechanics.

The project will extend the future Eglinton Crosstown LRT service another 9.2 kilometres, creating a continuous rapid transit line along Eglinton Avenue from Scarborough into Mississauga and Etobicoke.

Budget 2022 proposes to introduce a labour mobility deduction that would provide tax recognition on up to $4,000 per year in eligible travel and temporary relocation expenses to eligible tradespersons and apprentices.

Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate in March fell to its lowest rate on record, falling to 5.3 per cent from 5.5 per cent a month earlier as the economy added 72,500 jobs.

Atrua Power announced a plan last week to build a green-hydrogen production facility in Niagara Falls.