Labour and workforce

$346.6M over five years to continue stepping up workforce training and qualification in targeted fields

- $150M to continue promoting and enhancing the appeal of engineering and information technology disciplines;
- $19.2M to support the training and qualification of childcare educators
  - $3.2M over two years to continue expanding the offer of short training programs in early childhood education;
  - $12M in 2026-2027 to extend funding for the early childhood work-study pathway;
  - $4M over two years to extend free recognition of prior learning and competencies in early childhood education.
- $15.5M to accommodate the increase in medical school cohorts;
- $131.8M to extend employment assistance allowances;
- $28.6M to maintain efforts to integrate immigrants into employment:
  - $25.6M over five years to support bridging training and internships in health for immigrants, enabling the creation of new cohorts in targeted professions;
  - $3M in 2026-2027 to maintain efforts to integrate asylum seekers into employment, notably by supporting employment assistance initiatives and strengthening actions aimed at regionalization and improving their employability.
- $1.5M to support the development of the Indigenous workforce.