b'FROM THE PRESIDENTAre you a steel fabricatoror steel manufacturer? The answer may be why you lack competitivenessEd Whalen, P.Eng. Canadianslovetojokeaboutourtome.CanyousayBuyAmerica, President & CEO, CISC litigiouscousinssouthoftheborderboys and girls? andtheirlackofownershipfortheirDont worry though, our government actions.Theymisuseaproduct,blowhasaplan.Over50%ofconstruction themselvesup,gotocourt,receivesteel used in Canada is American. The high settlements and the result we seeLiberalgovernmentrecentlywaived iswarningmanualsthickerthanuseranti-dumpingdutiesonfabricated manuals and warning stickers on everysteelfortwoLNGplantsinB.C., inch of a product. Of course, the uglysendingtheentireprojecttoChina. stickers are removed and the warningNo steel for you. manualsarethrownintotherecycleNowbeforewebeatuponour binunread.Despiteallofthis,theanti-competitiveAmericancousins, courts continue to hear cases of self- letsstopandpauseonwhatsimilar inflicted injury/stupidity and continuethinkinghasbeengoingonwithin topayout.WhycantAmericansbeourowncountry.ForyearsIvebeen more like us? hearing conspiracy theories about one Today we got the results of the U.S.province or another getting assistance DepartmentofCommerces(DOC)from one place or another, resulting in provisionaldutyassessmentagainstanunevenplayingfield.Sothistrade Canada for anti-dumping of fabricatedaction by the Americans helps disprove structural steel. Canada was assessedthoseconspiracytheoriesatleast by the DOC less than 1% and thereforefrom the province of Quebec. The U.S. 0%dutyforfabricatedsteelcrossingDepartment of Commerce audit process theborder.Musictomyears.Coughis so thorough you would hope the CRAsham. doesnt go to a DOC boot camp. The trade action taken by the AISC So,ifnoshenanigansthen,how CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION or more correctly their fabricator andarecompaniesbeatingyourprice? CHAIRMANmill membersagainst Canada was notHavingtravelledextensivelyacross Paul Mikolichthefirsttime.Backin2001,asimilarthecountryandinternationallyin MANAGING EDITOR Amanda Charlebois, CISC petitionwasfiled.Itwasultimatelymypastandpresentjob(s),Icantell AdvantageSteelandtheFrench- thrown out when Canada was found toyoueveryplanthasdifferentlayouts, language edition Avantage Acier arebe trading fairly. Fast forward to todayequipment,managementstyles, published by the Canadian Institute ofSteelConstruction(CISC)onand it seems history is repeating itselfqualityandultimately,overheads. behalf of its members and associates.with a bad case of dj vu. Some companies are high tech, some CISCisnotresponsibleforthe opinions expressed in this publicationWeareonlytooknowledgeableare low and some are in between. But by those contributing articles. abouthowcountrieslikeChinaarewhat I feel is most dramatic about the Connect with us:illegally trading and we support AISCsindustry today is how some companies Tel: (905) 604-3231action on those countries, but why didareoperatinglikemanufacturers info@cisc-icca.ca cisc-icca.ca they add Canada? Simply because weratherthanfabricators.Likethe @CISC_ICCA are not American. They tout free andautoindustry,theyaresqueezinglinkedin.com/company/ciscicca fair trade but only one-way trade; oneoutefficiencies,raisingquality,and facebook.com/389982921529947 wayfromtheU.S.toothercountries.investingincontinuousimprovement, Theywanttoforceustousetheirproductivity and people.@cisc_iccaproductsbutpreventusfromsellingMany,andpossiblymostCanadian ours. Doesnt sound too free and fairfabricators,likeAmericans,are 6|FALL 2019 ADVANTAGE STEEL'