People searching for a home in New Brunswick could soon move into a place built in a warehouse and assembled on-site like giant building blocks. The province hopes modular housing will be one of the keys to ramping up new projects and addressing the housing shortage.
Tracy Glynn, a researcher at Fredericton's Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre, said major changes need to happen before expanding the temporary foreign worker program.
New Brunswick construction companies are facing a major labour shortage being felt across Canada. The province’s industry association estimates it currently needs more than 2,000 workers right now, and will have to fill an estimated 5,000 jobs over the next five years.