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Ottawa spends $6-billion subsidizing trades – for young men. What about young women?

The key to navigating demographic and employment shifts and supporting economic prosperity is hiding in plain sight

Published
June 8, 2026
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Brett House

Brett House

Professor of Professional Practice in the Faculty of Business
Economics Division
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Op-Ed
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Finance and Economics

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Columbia Business School's Professor Brett House co-authored an op-ed in *The Globe and Mail* arguing that Canada's $6-billion Team Canada Strong trades training program, while well-targeted at young men, needs a parallel investment in child care and early childhood education. Writing with Ilona Dougherty of the University of Waterloo, House contends that closing Canada's gender labor participation gap could add nearly $130-billion annually to GDP — and that investing in the predominantly female care economy is both an equity issue and an economic imperative.

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