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construction employment staying close to
current levels by the end of the forecast
period. A snap shot of construction in each
province looks this way:
In B.C., major projects from proposed
transportation to LNG projects are ramping
up, bolstering the province’s construction
workforce by 24 percent, or almost 17,000
workers over the next five years. Over 22
percent of B.C.’s skilled workforce is retir-
ing this decade. It will need to hire another
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