OTTAWA — The federal government wants to use “as much Canadian labour as possible” to achieve its infrastructure and homebuilding ambitions, Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said Monday.

Hajdu announced that the federal budget being released on Nov. 4 will include millions of dollars for skills training and foreign credential recognition.

The Liberals’ fall budget — the first under Prime Minister Mark Carney — is expected to focus heavily on speeding up home construction and the development of nation-building projects across Canada.

At the press conference at a long-term care home in Ottawa where Hajdu made the pre-budget announcement, the minister was asked whether the federal government can achieve its building goals without importing additional workers.

“The hope is that we can have as muc

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