Government Operations committee  First of all, it's a bit like déjà vu all over again, as Yogi Berra said. We were before the Senate committee on agriculture and forestry, which was looking at exactly the kinds of questions you are looking at--i.e., how to enhance the use of wood products in the non-residential

Government Operations committee  I would suggest that if you are looking at an amendment to the Canadian building code, use the process that's already in place to make those changes. Don't unilaterally make a change that inhibits or undermines the processes that are in place.

Government Operations committee  No, we haven't, but we would oppose this bill even if it had minimal impact, because it's a slippery slope. It's setting a dangerous precedent. It's bad public policy, period. In essence, it pre-selects or makes a predetermination as to what ought to be the preferred building mat

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the opportunity to present before this committee. The Canadian Construction Association has approximately 17,000 individual member firms from coast to coast to coast in Canada. Construction accounts for some 7% of Canada's GDP. Our members are involved

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Your question is a valid one. I think that one way our industry has tried to deal with this is by having good, accurate labour market information. Heretofore, we've been partnered with HRSDC and CIC in order to produce that. You need that seven-, eight-, or ten-year look forward

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, we'd certainly like to see that. We'd like to see a number of other changes to the temporary foreign worker program as well, including issuing LMOs to multiple employers instead of to just a single employer on a regional basis. The temporary foreign worker program is current

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I hope so, because we're going to need them.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They're probably paid better too.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  To the extent that you are identifying occupations under demand or under pressure that require immediate and urgent action, yes. To a great degree, that's what's being done in other areas of immigration as well, with expedited LMOs under the temporary foreign worker program to tr

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll be giving most of my time to Mr. Barnes. Good morning, and thank you very much for the invitation to appear. My name is Michael Atkinson. I'm the president of the Canadian Construction Association. I'm accompanied today by Mr. Jeff Barnes, who is a se

Environment committee  In conclusion, Mr. Chairman, the Canadian Construction Association strongly suggests that the committee propose significant changes to federal environmental assessment by recommending that the Government of Canada adopt a leadership position in establishing a national framework f

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair, the Canadian Construction Association would like to thank you for the opportunity to present here today. Our organization represents the non-residential sector of the construction industry, so we build everything except single-family dwellings. We build Canada's infr

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  Some of our local construction associations run youth employment programs. Some people might call them pre-apprenticeship programs. If my memory is correct the one in Calgary, for example, run by the Calgary Construction Association with employers is for kids who have dropped out

Human Resources committee  My quick response is, absolutely.