There was a time when the construction industry spoke of “impending labour shortages.” Today it is more accurate to speak in present tense. There is no “impending labour shortage,” there is a labour shortage. The need for skilled labour is one of the key challenges facing the construction industry in Canada, and PCA is at …
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PCA in Ontario continues to grow in members and in influence. Evidence of this increase was seen at the annual President’s Roundtable held in Mississauga on May 16th. Highlights of the roundtable included PC Leader Tim Hudak, College of Trade CEO Bob Guthrie, two additional PC members of provincial parliament and many others. In addition, …
British Columbia finds itself in a state of campaign, which will culminate in a general election next May. PCA Executive Director, Paul de Jong, is working to ensure that it is recognized by all parties. In pursuit of this, Paul met with Premier Clark and discussed the importance of the addressing the yearly open period …
The Alberta election ended with the re-election of the governing PC’s. In their election platform, the PC’s included many a commitment to creating all-employee bargaining units in construction and to safeguard employees against union fines, both encouraging promises. PCA maintains a very strong relationship with premier Redford and the government of Alberta, and we look …
Summertime equals heat and hard work for PCA members. And, while summer and holidays come and go our members are busy doing what they do so well: building this country, one piece, one site at a time. We are proud that PCA can work alongside our members to assist them on the big issues that …
Through years of experience Mexi-Can has established itself as one of the premiere recruiting companies in Canada. Mexi-Can is an industry leader in recruitment and retention of foreign talent for Canadian employers. In a competitive market, people are an organization’s greatest asset. Industry-specific recruiting is performed with an active pool of over 2,500 candidates in …
Braid Industrial Services Ltd. became a PCA member in mid-2011. Braid serves the energy sector in the execution of electrical and instrumentation construction. The company’s head office and operations are located in Edmonton, AB.; this location provides easy access to a number of module fabrication yards and is central to Alberta’s resource pool of skilled …
There are the haves and there are the have nots. As time goes on it is becoming increasingly clear that a province’s regulatory environment in construction is its bellwether for determining if it’s a giving province or a taking province. While Ontario and Quebec continue to be major economic powerhouses, their governments are for many …
PCA continues to grow in Ontario, both in numbers and influence. The core issues in Ontario revolve around competition. Open public tendering remains very high on our agenda, as we leverage a fragile political, fiscal and economic climate to draw greater attention to the core issues of open tendering and competitive labour supply (i.e. College …
The big news in Saskatchewan is that the Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board issued CLAC Construction Workers Local 151 its first certificate in twenty years. This decision is a major progressive step for construction in the province, finally allowing PCA workers to associate with a union of their choice rather than being faced with an outdated …
