The corridors that have come to define Canada are hardly relics. The country still depends on the St. Lawrence Seaway, the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Trans-Canada Highway. But they are the grand dreams of past centuries. For all the ways they connect Canada’s vast territory, the connective tissue of its future is largely yet to be seen. Read more.
Construction stakeholders attending the recent CanadaData East conference in Toronto were alerted to growth possibilities for their sector emerging from several different global sources. Read more.
Federal, provincial and territorial insfrastructure ministers gathered in Ottawa on Sept. 21 with federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Amerjeet Sohi announcing afterwards that “productive discussions” had taken place on the next phase of infrastructure spending. Read more.
Key players in the construction industry say one important element is still missing with the Ontario government’s recently released cannabis framework — giving employers the tools they need to maintain health and safety on the jobsite. Read more.
According to a 2016 BuildForce Canada report, the Canadian construction industry employs about 12 per cent women and 88 per cent men. Read more.
Rome wasn’t built in a day. A trite expression, perhaps, but one which might comfort builders and other construction sector service and material providers wondering when infrastructure money the federal Liberal government promised in its two most recent budgets might flow meaningfully down the proverbial pipe. Read more.
Bluebeam, Inc. is embarking on a pilot program to place data sensors on construction jobsites. The announcement was made by Peter Noyes, Principal Engineer at Bluebeam, in his keynote address at the company’s annual eXtreme Conference, which took place this year in downtown Los Angeles. Read more.
It’s ironic that one of the oldest armoured regiments of the Canadian Army — the Royal Canadian Dragoons, formed in 1883 and based out of CFB Petawawa – is set to benefit from one of the newest, most transformative contracting models in the construction industry today. Read more.
Earlier this week we sent CANS members an email with information about the proposed changes to Canada’s Tax Code. You can review that email here.
CANS, along with 34 local businesses and associations across the province, have joined forces and formed the Nova Scotia Coalition for Small Business Tax Fairness. The employer coalition, representing tens of thousands of independent businesses, professionals and taxpayers across a wide range of sectors and regions of Nova Scotia, are signatories on a letter demanding Premier Stephen McNeil oppose the tax changes being proposed by the federal Minister of Finance.
CANS has also sent letters to our local MP’s and MLA’s, urging them to oppose the tax changes being proposed by the federal Minister of Finance.
Click here to read CANS media release, sent to media across Nova Scotia.
Below is a selection of media regarding the Premier’s meeting with Finance Minister Bill Morneau.