Registration - In-house Organization

Canada's Building Trades Unions / Sean Strickland, Executive Director

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Canada's Building Trades Unions
Previous in-house organization names
Responsible Officer Name: Sean Strickland, Executive Director
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2000-09-19
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 946509-47

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 385

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 16

Version 45 of 64 (2020-12-02 to 2021-02-05)

Registration versions:

Version 45 of 64 (2020-12-02 to 2021-02-05)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matters

Aboriginal Affairs
Budget
Climate
Constitutional Issues
Consumer Issues
Defence
Economic Development
Education
Elections
Employment and Training
Energy
Environment
Government Procurement
Health
Immigration
Industry
Infrastructure
Internal Trade
International Trade
Labour
Mining
Pensions
Regional Development
Taxation and Finance
Transportation

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant, the completion grant and the continuation of the UTIP funding.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

CAMUS agreement with the United States and Mexico, and the impact it could have on manufacturing, construction, infrastructure, labour mobility, climate change, energy and labour standards.
Continuation of seperate employment insurance account - Employment Insurance Act Our specific interest is as follows - Funds collected from employment insurance contributions 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 Employment Services and Skills Development on insurable hours, benefit delivery and the qualification requirements for employment insurance.
Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding and tax incentives for skilled labour

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation

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

Policies or Program

Advocating for 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.
Conversations around government supports for workers and the members we represent as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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 )
Pipeline projects - discussing the benefits to the economy and employment of these type of projects in Canada
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.

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)
Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB)
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA)
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
Canadian Coast Guard (CCG)
Canadian Energy Regulator (CER)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
Competition Tribunal (CT)
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Defence Construction Canada (DCC)
Elections Canada
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Justice Canada (JC)
National Capital Commission (NCC)
National Defence (DND)
National Research Council (NRC)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
Office of the Procurement Ombudsman (OPO)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Public Service Labour Relations Board (PSLRB)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Senate of Canada
Service Canada (ServCan)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)
Transport Canada (TC)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

A LABOUR ORGANIZATION AFFILIATING 14 INTERNATIONAL UNIONS REPRESENTING OVER 500,000 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN CANADA. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.BUILDINGTRADES.CA

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Sean Strickland, Executive Director

Organization's membership or classes of membership

INTERNATIONAL BUILDING TRADES UNIONS, PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCILS

Government funding

End date of the last completed financial year: 2020-06-30

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	$952,633.00	Yes

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
72 Chamberlain Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1S 1V9
Canada

Telephone number: 613-236-0653

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

Rita Rahmati, Government Relations Specialist | Designated public offices held ^Footnote1
Sean Strickland, Executive Director | No public offices held

^Footnote1 Exemption granted under the Lobbying Act

Canada's Building Trades Unions

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

Name	From	To
Canada's Building Trades Unions	2021-02-05	current
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO, CANADIAN OFFICE	2008-08-11	2021-02-05

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO, CANADIAN OFFICE
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO, CANADIAN OFFICE
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPARTMENT AFL-CIO, CANADIAN OFFICE

Canada's Building Trades Unions

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Sean Strickland	2020-07-06	Current
Assunta Testa	2020-01-16	2020-07-06
Arlene Dunn	2019-03-01	2020-01-16
ROBERT BLAKELY	2000-09-19	2019-03-01

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Communications Intern PMO, PMO	May 2018 to August 2018	August 24, 2018

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Communications Intern PMO, PMO	May 2018 to August 2018	August 24, 2018

Exemption granted under the Lobbying Act:

Exemption number: 201819-004-E
Effective date: 2018-12-31
End date: 2023-08-24
Reason:

was a designated public office holder for a short period of time
was employed under a program of student employment

Date Modified:: 2025-04-30

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Registration - In-house Organization

Canada's Building Trades Unions / Sean Strickland, Executive Director

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 45 of 64 (2020-12-02 to 2021-02-05)

Version 45 of 64 (2020-12-02 to 2021-02-05)

Subject Matters

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation

Policies or Program

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization