reception@rancangroup.com
that consultations are occurring with indig-enous
groups affected by the project.
• Ensure that the proposed changes to the
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
will not be a source of delays or undue
red tape.
• Mitigating the impact of the steel and
aluminum tariffs affecting our members.
• Amending the federal insolvency
legislation to allow money earned by
construction companies to stay in the
project stream.
Attracting and maintaining the work-force
needed to complete projects is one
of the top issues keeping our members up
at night. The situation will only grow more
alarming if something is not done since
BuildForce Canada is predicting that 21 per
cent of our construction workforce will re-tire
over the next decade. The Hill Day at-tendees
discussed community benefits with
the politicians they met. CCA’s concern is
that this ill-defined concept may lead to an
unpredictable, unfair and opaque procure-ment
process. CCA is of the opinion that
funding CCA’s request for student-integrat-ed
learning program for STEM students,
jointly conducting benchmark research on
perceptions and continued funding for ap-prenticeship
programs and streamlining
the security clearance process are of higher
priority for the industry than Bill C-344 that
requests after-the-fact reporting on com-munity
benefits.
Finally, CCA’s Hill Day participants edu-cated
politicians on what CCA is doing for
innovation and why additional support is
needed. You have undoubtedly heard that
the Canadian construction industry lags
other leading countries in productivity. At
the same time, there are opportunities to
reduce waste and generate new sustainable
materials or better processes. CCA is in-creasing
its advocacy for innovation in the
construction industry by developing a pri-ority
list for R&D, seeking partnerships to
advance these priorities and increasing the
awareness of and access to technology by
our members.
Contact Mary Van Buren at
mvanburen@cca-acc.com if you have any
feedback or comments on how CCA can
serve you better. CCA hopes to see you at
the 2019 conference in balmy Bermuda!
Visit the CCA website for more information
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CANADIAN CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION
Attracting and maintaining the workforce
needed to complete projects is one of the
top issues keeping our members up at night.
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