BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO, CANADIAN OFFICE
Enregistrement :
38
de
58
(2019-03-01
à
2020-01-16)
Politique ou Programme
A Pilot program aimed at testing the feasibility / applicability of labour mobility between areas of higher unemployment and labour shortages. This pilot program would grant favoured tax status to pilot participants travelling to obtain full time employment in a trade deemed to be experiencing labour shortages.
Apprenticeship & Training
Employment and Skills Development and the Red Seal Secretariat to continue to promote and use the Red Seal Program
Assist with National Occupational Competencies analysis for various trades and occupations as at the request of Employment and Skills Development
Climate
Canada's approach to climate change, regulation of industrial pollution and monitoring of green house gas emissions like carbon. The impact on employment opportunities for skilled trades workers in Canada and the effect on training opportunities in primary and emerging industries.
Economic Action Plan
Knowledge Infrastructure Program - working to ensure our training centres are eligible / qualify for Knowledge Infrastructure program
Foreign Worker Program,
Language requirements for Temporary Foreign Worker program applicants. Also working with departments on innapropriate uses of Temporary foreign workers ...and working to ensure these workers are paid the same as Candian workers (wages, benefits )
Sector Council Program, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
Continuation of SectorCouncil activities and working with them to deliver LMI for our industry
Encourgae Human Resources and Skills Development Canada to increase and maintain funding for this initiative
We are not seeking funding but encouraging government to expand the sector council program
To oppose any potential tax measures to be enacted by the Federal Government on Union members or pensioners who receive a private supplemental health and dental plan which is paid for by an employer , collective bargaining agreement or pension plan.
Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution
Bill C-227 An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (community benefit)
To link training opportunities and the federal procurement process. To increase the numbers of apprentices hired on federal government construction projects
Bill C-4 An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations Act and the Income Tax Ac
Continuation of seperate employment insurance account - Employment Insurance Act
Our specific interest is as follows - Funds collected from employment insurance contributinos do not flow into the consolidated revenue fund of the Government of Canada to be used for deficit repayment or other ad hoc spending
EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT
working with Human Resources skills development on insurable hours, benefit delivery
and the qualification requirements for employment insurance
FAIR WAGE AND HOURS OF LABOUR ACT
Working with the Labour program at Human resources and skills development to ensure Fair Wage act is accurate timely ect.
Specifically, information provision and proposals for a mechanism to improve information sharing for Fair Wage purposes
Trans Pacific Partnership and Canada's participation in this international trade agreement. Specifically, we are interested in Chapter 12 of this proposed agreement and the labour mobility measures enclosed in said chapter.
Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution, Règlement
IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE PROTECTION ACT
Particularily the Temporary Foreign Worker process and the relevant regulations
Class determinants for immigration purpses "Family, Economic ...and working to ensure a policy favourable to construction exists
Règlement
Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
Specifically the IRPR board of referees and composition / policy direction of this board