Registration - In-house Organization

Subject Matters

• Aboriginal Affairs
• Budget
• Climate
• Constitutional Issues
• Consumer 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-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.

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 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.

Regulation

• Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations Specifically the IRPR board of referees and composition / policy direction of this board

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication
• Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

• Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB)
• Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
• Competition Tribunal (CT)
• 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 and Northern Affairs Canada
• Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
• Justice Canada (JC)
• National Defence (DND)
• National Research Council (NRC)
• Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
• Senate of Canada
• Service Canada (ServCan)
• Statistics Canada (StatCan)
• Status of Women Canada (SWC)
• Transport Canada (TC)
• Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
• Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)

Address:
1902 - 130 Albert Street
Ottawa, ON  K1P 5G4
Canada

Telephone number: 613-236-0653
Fax number: 613-230-5138