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Government Relations (2006)
CCA Makes Its Views Known to Government
August 30 - The Canadian Construction Association today unveiled four briefs it has submitted to various Parliamentary committees and consultations. These four briefs include:
CCA Pre-Budget Brief to House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance - CCA is calling for accelerated infrastructure spending, tax reforms, incentives for apprentices and to encourage labour mobility, and an environmental tax incentive. To view, click here.
CCA Brief with respect to the Fiscal Imbalance Consultations - CCA's main recommendation is that governments provide long-term, sustained, predictable infrastructure funding, while forbidding preferential procurement policies. To view, click here.
CCA Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, looking at employability issues - This brief makes several recommendations on addressing the skills / labour challenges facing the construction industry, focusing on apprenticeship training, mobility, and immigration. To view, click here.
TRIP Canada Pre-Budget Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance - The Road and Infrastructure Program of Canada, a Special Committee of CCA, focuses its attention on infrastructure issues, and calls for accelerated infrastructure funding, long-term infrastructure financing, and a recommendation to provide operational funding to the new National Round Table on Sustainable Infrastructure. To view, click here
CCA Calls on the Federal Government to Introduce Meaningful Immigration Reforms
The Canadian Construction Association today released an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper offering specific recommendations on meaningful immigration reform measures as a means to facilitate the entry of foreign construction workers to Canada on a permanent, temporary, and seasonal basis. Although CCA believes that increasing the size of the domestic labour force is the best way to address current and future labour shortfalls, positive immigration reform is another tool that the industry can use to respond to shortages - shortages that are costly to all Canadians.
Please download the following documents for more information.