Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Budget
- Constitutional Issues
- Defence
- Economic Development
- Education
- Employment and Training
- Energy
- Environment
- Government Procurement
- Health
- Immigration
- Industry
- Infrastructure
- Internal Trade
- International Trade
- Labour
- Mining
- Regional Development
- Taxation and Finance
- Transportation
Subject Matter Details
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Bill C-377 An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (labour organizations) and the impact on this Bill on our affiliate organizations
- 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
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
- 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 (as outlined in Bill C-227) to pilot participants travelling to obtain full time employment in a trade deemed to be experiencing labour shortages.
- Apprenticeship & Training
Human Resources and Skills Development and the Red Seal Secretariat to continue to promote and use the Red Seal Program
Assist with National Occupational Compentencies analysis for various trades and occupations as at the request of Human Resources and Skills Development
- 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
Regulation
- Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
Specifically the IRPR board of referees and composition / policy direction of this board
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
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Grass-roots communication
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Online campaign
Government Institutions
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Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
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Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB)
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Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB)
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Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
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Canadian Pension Commission (CPC)
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
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Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
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Environment Canada
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
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Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
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Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission (HMIRC)
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Health Canada (HC)
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House of Commons
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Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)
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Industry Canada
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Justice Canada (JC)
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Members of the House of Commons
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National Defence (DND)
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National Research Council (NRC)
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
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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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Senate of Canada
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Service Canada (ServCan)
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Statistics Canada (StatCan)
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Transport Canada (TC)
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Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
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Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
Government institutions added through a monthly communication report
- Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
A LABOUR ORGANIZATION AFFILIATING 14 INTERNATIONAL UNIONS REPRESENTING OVER 400,000 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
ROBERT BLAKELY,
DIRECTOR OF CANADIAN AFFAIRS
Organization's membership or classes of membership
INTERNATIONAL BUILDING TRADES UNIONSPROVINCIAL AND LOCAL BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCILS
Government funding
No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.
In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
1902 - 130 Albert Street
Ottawa, ON K1P 5G4
Canada
Telephone number:
613-236-0653
Fax number:
613-230-5138
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- ROBERT BLAKELY,
DIRECTOR OF CANADIAN AFFAIRS |
Public offices held
- Andrew Dawson,
Atlantic Canadian Representative |
No public offices held
- Christopher Smillie,
Manager, Government Relations |
No public offices held
