"National Skilled Trades Day" Launched

at Algonquin College

Mike Holmes (left), John-Paul Tapp, Dean of Algonquin College's School of Transportation and Building Trades (middle) and John Baird, MP Ottawa West-Nepean (right), tour Algonquin College's Building Construction facilities.	Minister Baird (left) and Nathan Banke, Algonquin graduate and international team member of Skills Canada, kick off Skilled Trades Day with an automotive demonstration.

John Baird, MP Ottawa West-Nepean, and Mike Holmes, of TV's Holmes on Homes, helped launch "National Skilled Trades Day" in Algonquin College's leading-edge Transportation and Building Trades on October 30.

Algonquin graduate Nathan Banke, international team member of Skills/Compétences Canada, was on hand to demonstrate his automotive skills and kick off National Skilled Trades Day with Minister Baird.

Nathan will compete in the World Skills Competition in Shizuoka, Japan, next November.