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Building the future means building the kinds of jobs Canadians can It won’t happen without ordinary Canadians choosing leaders with
afford to raise a family on. At a time when Canadians are concerned a strong vision. Let’s Build Canada is urging Canadians to commit
about the cost of living, the best remedy is good-paying, secure jobs. to vote – and to support leaders who have that vision.
That means supporting professions with good wages, pensions and
Canadian Building Trades Unions are looking to our leaders to build
benefits that make families more secure in the long run.
the future Canada needs. These leaders need to embrace the kind
Canada’s next government must recognize the transformative of transformative infrastructure programs necessary to adapt to a
power of unions to improve Canadians’ lives. The future is too warming climate, while meeting committed targets in greenhouse
important to do otherwise – and time is running out to recognize gas emissions, both through renewable energy and through applying
that reality. new technologies to traditional methods. They must support good-
paying jobs and strong training programs to build the Canada of
Canada has a part to play in fighting climate change – and that part
tomorrow.
must be bigger than simply going through the motions.
”There’s no other logical direction,” Wayland said. “We need to
Among G20 countries, Canadians produce more greenhouse gases
build Canada, now.”
per capita than any other nation. Despite being just 38th in
population, Canada is the seventh-largest emitter of greenhouse Authorized by Let's Build Canada,
gases. We can change that – but Let’s Build Canada believes it LetsBuildCanada.ca, 888-659-4369.
requires a commitment not just to building for adaptation, but
building for fairness and prosperity.

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