NETCO Applauds the Federal Government of Canada Spring Economic Update - Electrical Industry News Week

Policy Matters: What the Spring Economic Statement Means for Business

Instead of tabling a budget in spring 2025, the federal government flipped the traditional schedule of its fiscal reports, delivering the budget in November 2025 and the economic update late April 2026.It’s been a few weeks since the Spring Economic Statement came out, making it “old news” in some cases, but what it said and what it didn’t say will have long-lasting impacts on Canada’s business community. What is an economic statement (AKA fisca…

NETCO Applauds the Federal Government of Canada Spring Economic Update - Electrical Industry News Week

May 11, 2026 Chris Swick, Executive Director, National Electrical Trade Council (NETCO) released a statement on LinkedIn applauding the Federal Government of Canada Spring Economic update, which was announced on April 28th. “Today’s commitments in the Spring Economic Update represent a meaningful and long-overdue investment in Canada’s skilled trades workforce. At NETCO, we strongly support the government’s focus on expanding apprenticeship path…