Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Budget
- Climate
- Defence
- Economic Development
- Education
- Employment and Training
- Energy
- Environment
- Government Procurement
- Immigration
- Industry
- Infrastructure
- Intellectual Property
- Internal Trade
- International Relations
- International Trade
- Labour
- Municipalities
- Pensions
- Regional Development
- Research and Development
- Science and Technology
- Small Business
- Taxation and Finance
- Transportation
Subject matters added through a monthly communication report
Subject Matter Details
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
- Budget: The Canadian Construction Association continues to advocate for changes to federal government investment and tax policies. Specifically, the CCA supports: the creation of a long-term infrastructure plan in order to assist the custodians of core public infrastructure with the modernization and expansion of these assets to meet current and future economic needs; changes to current capital depreciation rules for mobile assets so as to encourage fleet modernization within the construction sector; changes to the capital depreciation rules for energy efficient retrofits in existing residential and commercial buildings; funding to help upgrade Canada's community college network; and improved tax incentives for employers that participate in apprenticeship training.
- Skilled Labour Policy: In order to overcome skilled labour scarcity across Canada, the Canadian Construction Association continues to advocate for legislative, regulatory and policy reforms with the intent to promote increased domestic skilled trade and apprenticeship training, as well as facilitate the entry of skilled trade labour under Canadian immigration programs.
- Sustained and Adequate Federal Funding for National Infrastructure Modernization and Development: The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is working to ensure that the Government of Canada commits through the development of its Long-term Infrastructure Plan to provide secure and stable funding for national infrastructure modernization and development in order to enhance Canadian productivity and promote economic growth.
Policies or Program
- ALTERNATIVE SERVICE DELIVERY: The Canadian Construction Association believes federal departments should be looking increasingly to the private sector for the delivery of operations and maintenance services. In many cases, Canadian firms are engaged abroad carrying out O&M operations on behalf of other governments, but are prevented from doing so in Canada because of federal policy. The CCA through a special sub-committee of the Association, the Facilities Operation and Maintenance Associations of Canada, has been pressing for changes in federal policy to open up operations and maintenance services to private sector operators. There services can include: engineering and construction; facilities and infrastructure operations and maintenance; electrical power generations, water and waste water treatment; environmental science and emergency response; bulk fuel management; food services, janitorial and laundry services at Canadian military bases; roads and grounds construction and maintenance; logistics, transport and vehicle maintenance; medical and dental services; and airport operations, including air traffic control and cross serving. maintenance
- SECURITY CLEARANCES: The Canadian Construction Association has been working with Treasury Board Secretariat and Public Works and Government Services to help simplify the process for contractors to the federal government to obtain security clearances. Currently, when a contractors wish to perform work for the federal government, they must obtain individual clearances from each department they work for. In most cases, the clearances of individual companies and employees are all conducted by the RCMP; however, obtaining a clearance to work for one department is NOT transferable for work done for another department of government. This place a tremendous burden on contractors as they must pay for each individual clearance, in some cases several clearances if they are working for multiple departments at the same time. CCA has been advocating a single government window for security clearances and that these clearances be accepted government wide.
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
Government Institutions
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Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
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Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
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Bank of Canada
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Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
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Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
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Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
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Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA)
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
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Defence Construction Canada (DCC)
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Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
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Environment Canada
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Export Development Canada (EDC)
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC)
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House of Commons
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Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)
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Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
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Industry Canada
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Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
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National Defence (DND)
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Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying (OCL)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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Privy Council Office (PCO)
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Public Works and Government Services Canada
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Revenue Canada (RC)
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Senate of Canada
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Transport Canada (TC)
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Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
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Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
Government institutions added through a monthly communication report
- Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
Not-for-profit, voluntary association representing the national and international interests of the non-residential construction industry in Canada.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
MICHAEL ATKINSON,
PRESIDENT
Organization's membership or classes of membership
CCA has three classes of membership: integrated membership, corporate membership and affiliate membership.
Integrated members acquire membership by joining a local or provincial non-residential construction partner association. Corporate and affiliate members apply directly to the organization for membership.
Government funding
End date of the last completed financial year:
2012-12-31
List of Government Funding
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Government Institution
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Funding Received in Last Financial Year
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Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
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National Research Council (NRC)
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$0.00
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Yes
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Public Works and Government Services Canada
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$0.00
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Yes
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In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
400 - 75 Albert Street
Ottawa, ON K1P 5E7
Canada
Telephone number:
613-236-9455
Fax number:
613-236-9526
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- MICHAEL ATKINSON,
PRESIDENT |
No public offices held
- Bill Ferreira,
Director, Government Relations & Public Affairs |
Public offices held
- Aneel Rangi,
Director, Legal & Research Services |
Public offices held
