08/28/2026
**Two workforce developments announced today. Two very different sides of Canada's workforce challenge.**
In **Greater Sudbury**, Glencore's Onaping Depth expansion is moving toward full production in 2027, supporting up to 400 full-time positions.
That represents **workforce demand** — employers needing the skills, people and supporting workforce systems required to operate and grow.
In **Saskatchewan**, the first students are beginning two new allied-health graduate programs at the University of Saskatchewan:
• Master of Occupational Therapy
• Master of Speech-Language Pathology
Saskatchewan invested $37 million to establish the programs, with 80 students in the first cohorts.
That represents **workforce supply** — deliberately building domestic training capacity in professions where workers are needed.
# # # One creates workforce demand. The other builds workforce supply.
Both raise important questions.
**For employers:**
Where will the workers come from?
What skills will be required?
What training pipelines are available?
How will employers recruit and retain them?
What funding or workforce supports may be available?
What housing, transportation or relocation barriers could affect recruitment?
**For workers, students and apprentices:**
Where is demand developing?
What occupations are connected to it?
What education or training is required?
What funding and supports are available?
Where could those skills lead to employment?
Could taking the opportunity require moving to another community?
This is where workforce development becomes much bigger than a job posting or training program.
It connects **employers, workers, education, skills, funding, communities and workforce mobility.**
CNAP Canada helps employers and workers understand those connections and identify practical pathways forward.
**Greater Sudbury is showing us what happens when industry expands.**
**Saskatchewan is showing us what happens when governments invest in building the workforce that will be needed next.**
Canada needs both.
