{"id":88779,"date":"2021-08-31T10:45:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T14:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.skillscompetencescanada.com\/?p=88779"},"modified":"2021-09-03T10:49:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T14:49:50","slug":"message-from-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skillscompetencescanada.com\/en\/message-from-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from the CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span class=\"TextRun SCXW44310104 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW44310104 BCX0\">Welcome to Skills\/<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW44310104 BCX0\">Comp\u00e9tences<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW44310104 BCX0\">\u00a0Canada\u2019s new\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW44310104 BCX0\">and improved\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW44310104 BCX0\">online presence<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW44310104 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