Ditching the 9-to-5: Is the skilled trades path right for you?

The Canadian government wants to invest $6 billion over five years to boost Canada’s skilled trades sectors. As more young people struggle to find entry-level work in 9-to-5 professions, are the skilled trades a viable option? What do you want to know about the demands and the opportunities of life in the trades? Abigail Fulton is the executive director of the Construction Foundation of B.C., a charity focused on workforce development in the trades. She joins Just Asking alongside Jim Stanford, an economist and the director of Centre for Future Work, a labour economics think tank.