05-02-2023, 07:39 PM
I can imagine that costs can only jump so far before even someone like the Province has to blink. At the very least, other provincially or federally funded institutions (eg hospitals, universities and school boards) are going to have to think long and hard about what to build and/or renovate.
Apparently, anything to do with construction has a long way to go before there is any chance of returning to the labour levels that existed pre-pandemic:
1. Early retirements due to the double-whammy of Covid and peak of the baby boom reaching retirement age.
2. Drops in immigration have meant less of a labour pool to tap into.
3. The ongoing opioid crisis. Apparently the opioid crisis is having a disproportionate affect on the construction labour force. For the most recent period of time studied, 1 in 13 Ontario deaths were construction workers (8%) while construction only account for 3.6% of the entire Ontario population. (Public Health Ontario study)
This is going to be cold glass of water for everyone.
Apparently, anything to do with construction has a long way to go before there is any chance of returning to the labour levels that existed pre-pandemic:
1. Early retirements due to the double-whammy of Covid and peak of the baby boom reaching retirement age.
2. Drops in immigration have meant less of a labour pool to tap into.
3. The ongoing opioid crisis. Apparently the opioid crisis is having a disproportionate affect on the construction labour force. For the most recent period of time studied, 1 in 13 Ontario deaths were construction workers (8%) while construction only account for 3.6% of the entire Ontario population. (Public Health Ontario study)
This is going to be cold glass of water for everyone.