Canada announced goals to generate 1,400 new full time green collar positions at Ontario’s first turbine blade and solar module manufacturing plants. The province of Ontario is encouraging green energy investments such as wind and solar through its Green Energy Act which was passed in 2009. For example, the wind turbine and blade manufacturing plant will be built by Siemens and Samsung and is expected to produce 900 direct and indirect jobs in the green sector. Meanwhile, Canadian Solar Inc. will be elsewhere in Toronto which will generate additional 500 green jobs.
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