The money will allow the company to adopt a new panel finishing line that will increase productivity by 50 percent. The company will also use the funding to create seven new full-time jobs.

Employment across the country dropped again in May as several provinces, including Ontario, maintained public-health shutdowns to help control the spread of COVID-19.

The free program aims to generate employment opportunities with local employers and fill employment gaps within the industry.

The province has announced funding of nearly $440,000 that will be put towards a program to help more than 2,000 high-school students learn more about careers in the skilled trades and technology sectors.

A campaign launched yesterday by the Ontario Construction Consortium calls attention to the significant proportion of construction workers who died from drug overdoses in 2020, and calls for action to help save lives.