So I keep reading stuff (latest from @hscoffield @SP_Inst) that the construction sector does not need support. Then I do the comparison with the Global Financial Crisis and see that construction job losses are still higher under COVID than the 2008-09 recession ...

The job losses are unprecedented, but concentrated in the service sectors (which is unusual).

As @JimboStanford has said, this calls for a major restructuring, and not a short-term quick stimulus to certain sectors (I said that too here) https://policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/magazines/avril-2020/economy-and-climate-need-more-than-stimulus-after-covid-19/">https://policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/magazi...

Also, are we satisfied with a recovery that returns people to low-wage, precarious, service jobs?

Isn& #39;t "build back better" about helping people create careers in better long-term, higher-wage jobs, which includes career transitions?

The piece missed about "green stimulus" is also the services it provides to other sector. Let& #39;s upgrade buildings for better ventilation (without losing heat) and help at-home workers with thermal stresses https://www.efficiencycanada.org/thermal-stress-energy-efficiency-buildings-canada/">https://www.efficiencycanada.org/thermal-s...

Finally, there are lots of energy efficiency jobs that are not construction based. The immediate jobs created are in customer engagement, marketing, program design and administration. Future EE jobs will be use digital tech, and manufacture more off the construction site.

If you want to meet some women already doing this energy efficiency work, I suggest an introduction to @PluggedIn_Pod @jessehitchcock @jessicavihvelin @GGauthierEE @natalie_j_irwin @shawnahenders19 @fatimac @DianaYoonTO @RaeganBond