{"id":"trades","name":"Trades","description":"Budget 2026 leans on the skilled trades: Team Canada Strong aims to add up to 100,000 Red Seal workers by 2031, and the money for homes, highways, grids and rinks only turns into anything if crews can build it.","editorial_note":"If you run a shop or a crew, three things matter here: the apprenticeship supports (they lower the cost of hiring), the Productivity Mega Deduction (it changes the math on equipment), and the build-out spending (it becomes tenders). 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