Canada's Building Trades Unions
Registration:
54
of
58
(2023-07-04
to
2023-12-01)
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
- Advocating for supports for labour mobility in the construction industry. This includes tax supports for workers to deduct travel expenses and for inter-provincial and Canada-US travel.
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
- Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant, the completion grant and the continuation of the UTIP funding.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Federal Budget - with respect to recommendations that support the Building Trades and construction sector.
- Legislation to implement a skilled trades workforce mobility tax deduction.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
- Advocating for investments in infrastructure including in renewable technologies, transit, and large-scale public investments.
Policies or Program
- Advocacy for supports for displaced workers, particularly in the energy sector, as the economy transitions to Net Zero.
- Advocating for changes to the Employment Insurance program to better support workers.
- Advocating for childcare programs that help our members.
- Advocating for pandemic supports for our members.
- Advocating for the government to use Community Benefits Agreements/Workforce Development Agreements on public infrastructure projects.
- Apprenticeship & Training Employment and Skills Development and the Red Seal Secretariat to continue to promote and use the Red Seal Program.
- Immigration - advocating for the long-term labourforce needs of the construction industry.
- Pipeline projects - discussing the benefits to the economy and employment of these type of projects in Canada
- Temporary foreign workers - advocating for the needs of the industry including the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and International Mobility Program.
- The impact on employment opportunities for skilled trades workers in Canada and the effect on training opportunities in primary and emerging industries.
- 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.