CBTU PLEASED WITH INTRODUCTION OF BILL C-25
Today, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced plans to double the federal Gas Tax Fund transfer. If Bill C-25 passes, an additional $2.2 billion will flow to cities and communities, directly, across the country. Canada’s Building Trades Unions welcome today’s announcement which will inject much needed capital into municipal budgets that have been hard hit
CANADA’S BUILDING TRADES UNIONS CALL FOR GOVERNMENT TO DO WHATEVER NECESSARY TO SAVE LINE 5
March 18, 2021 – Today, Canada’s Building Trades Unions Executive Director, Sean Strickland, addressed the House of Commons Special Committee on the Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States to discuss the potential cancellation of the easement on Enbridge’s Line 5. “Line 5 needs to continue running, uninterrupted, until the Great Lakes Tunnel project
CANADA’S BUILDING TRADES UNION SUPPORT NDP PRIVATE MEMBER’S BILL TO IMPLEMENT A SKILLED TRADES WORKFORCE MOBILITY PROGRAM
— Private Member’s Bill provides tax fairness for Skilled Trades Workers -- March 12, 2020 – Today, Canada’s Building Trades Unions joined Member of Parliament Scott Duvall (Hamilton Mountain) and Member of Parliament Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie), as they announced the tabling of Private Member’s’ Bill C-275 An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act
IUOE CONGRATULATES LORNA HARNUM ON APPOINTMENT TO FEDERAL TASK FORCE
OTTAWA (March 8, 2021) – The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) expresses its congratulations to the appointment of IUOE International Representative Lorna Harnum to the Government of Canada’s Women in the Economy task force. The Women in the Economy task force will work in close collaboration with government officials to provide advice and to
