LAWSUIT LAUNCHED AGAINST CITY OF TORONTO OVER CLOSED TENDERING
LAWSUIT LAUNCHED AGAINST CITY OF TORONTO OVER CLOSED TENDERING Addition of LIUNA to city’s construction monopoly contravenes provincial and municipal laws —for immediate release— June 26, 2019 TORONTO—A lawsuit was filed today against the City of Toronto by CLAC, supported by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, the Progressive Contractors Association of Canada, and Merit Open Shop […]
Passage of Bills C-48 & C-69 Sends Hypocritical Signal
Edmonton (June 21, 2019) – Two bills passed by the Senate today will enshrine into law the Liberal government’s anti-resource development stand on future oil and gas development, according to the Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA) whose member companies build major infrastructure projects, including pipelines. “There’s only one word for it, and that’s hypocritical,” […]
PCA Urges Federal Government to Put TMX Politics Aside
Edmonton (June 18, 2019) – The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA), whose member companies will be major builders of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project along with thousands of Alberta and B.C. construction workers, is urging the federal government to ensure nothing else stands in the way of this critically important project. “We’ll believe […]
Toronto Council Urged to Reject Deal That Plays Favourites
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Bill-69 Symbol of Broken Pipeline Approval Process
Edmonton (June 13, 2019) – Bill C-69 has become a glaring example of a pipeline approval process that makes it virtually impossible to get major resource projects built, according to the Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA), whose companies employ thousands of construction workers across Canada. The Senate has sent Bill C-69 back to the […]
McLennan Ross Assessment of Bill 2
Alberta Labour Law Changes Begin May 28, 2019 By Tom Ross Yesterday, the Government of Alberta introduced Bill 2 (An Act to Make Alberta Open for Business). Bill 2 was promised during the election to reverse some of the NDP legislative changes that made labour and employment laws more friendly to unions, less democratic, and […]
An Open Letter Re: 2019-20 Proposed Balanced Budget Plan
May 15, 2019 Toronto District School Board 5050 Yonge Street, North York, ON M2N 5N8 Open letter via email: director’soffice@tdsb.on.ca, trusteeservices@tdsb.on.ca Re: 2019-20 Proposed Balanced Budget Plan Dear Dr. John Malloy and Trustees: As you consider how to make up for your budget shortfall, we’d like to bring to your attention a solution […]
PCA Congratulates Alberta’s Next Premier Jason Kenney
(Edmonton, April 16, 2019) – The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA) whose member companies are leaders in infrastructure and pipeline construction across the province, congratulates premier-elect Jason Kenney and the successful United Conservative Party candidates who will form the next government after tonight’s victory in Alberta’s provincial election. “We’d like to extend our wholehearted […]
Coalition Urges B.C. Supreme Court to Strike Down Horgan Gov’t Public Infrastructure Rules
Vancouver (February 27, 2019) – The NDP government’s labour framework for building public infrastructure projects violates the rights of 85 percent of B.C.’s construction workforce and should be struck down, according to a coalition of British Columbia’s largest construction associations and progressive unions representing the vast majority of the province’s construction workforce. The legal proceedings […]
B.C.’s CBA Sets New Low for Public Policy
(February 14, 2019) – The Horgan government’s framework for building billions of dollars in public infrastructure projects is a resounding public policy failure, according to the Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA). Today PCA took on the B.C. Building Trades Unions (BTUs) in a featured panel debate on restricted Community Benefit Agreements (CBAs) at the […]
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