Finance committee  I'm not sure what the question is, but I'll say a couple of things. The building code is under review right now. We are lobbying to get stricter, with more thicknesses of insulation and more uses of insulation in new builds. For new federal buildings, schools, and hospitals, we'v

Finance committee  —a manpower shortage—

Finance committee  I think it's in the works. My colleague can answer better whether any of the money has actually made it to the local training centres, but I know there is a program that the Liberals brought in. We're providing some input from industry on what we think we need to enhance our trai

Finance committee  The tax incentive, I guess, would tie in when the insulation work is completed and inspected to make sure it was done properly. Then a certain amount of tax credit could be available. We have talked at the provincial level about trying to implement some system of doing energy a

Finance committee  The biggest trouble we see is unqualified people doing the insulation. There are a couple of problems with what you call the underground economy. First, people who aren't qualified just set to work. They look at how the other guy is doing it and do the same. At the end of the da

Finance committee  That's a great question, thank you. We have been pushing for insulation energy audits in federal buildings. It takes a very short time for a qualified person to go in and take a look around the mechanical room in a building like this and very quickly identify insulation deficien

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to all the members of the committee for the invitation to participate today. My name is Vince Engel, and I'm the western Canadian vice-president for the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers. Let me briefly tell