b'NOUVELLES DES ASSOCIATIONS PROVINCIALESRoofing ContractorsNew Brunswick Association of Roofing Contractors Nova Scotia Association2 020wascertainlychallenging,andRCANSworkedT he past year has been profoundly different for NBRCA throughout the year to communicate with members anddue to COVID, with people conducting virtual confer-keep them up to date with the latest COVID news andencecallsonaregularbasis.Contractorstravelling regulations. Also, its annual donations to Feed NS and Shelterout-of-province for work had to be updated constantly on how NS were doubled in acknowledgement of how difficult thisthey could work. They had to comply with evolving COVID year has been in its communities. regulations not only in New Brunswick, but also the province RCANS postponed its Annual General Meetingusuallythey were working in. held in Decemberto this coming spring, when members willNBRCAs Annual General Meeting was held January 26 be able to once more get together on the golf course. Thanksvia a virtual conference call, with Robby Johnson of TriForce totheAtlanticBubble,itheldtwogolftournamentsforTeam Inc. re-elected president. Attendance was the strongest members and guests in 2020. in years. The executive director reported that the government Moving forward, the association will take part in Roofingpilot program to recruit workers had to be postponed due to Weekagainthisyear,expandingitssocialmediapresence.COVID. As well, NBRCA could not hold the Roofing Tech-And, after implementing an online warranty tool in 2019,nology Maintenance & Inspection Training Course this past year but affirmed its hope to be able to continue the course itwilloffera5yearRCANSwarrantyinthespring.Inin 2021.othernews,theassociationcontinuestopartnerwithThe association also experienced some challenges with its theNovaScotiaApprenticeshipAgencytoscheduleandRed Seal training, with some training courses halted mid-way deliver apprenticeship courses. This past year they were heldand rescheduled due to COVID restrictions. As well, COVID online. While RCANS is confident the apprentices receivedslowed down the process surrounding the Harmonization of qualitytraining,itlooksforwardtoareturntoin-personthe Roofing Trade, including updates, but NBRCA is hoping classroom training.www.rcans.ca to have this process finalized in 2021.www.nbrca.caRoofing ContractorsNew Brunswick Association of Roofing Contractors Nova Scotia AssociationL anne 2020 a certainement t difficile, et la RCANS aL a dernire anne a t profondment diffrente pour travaill tout au long de lanne pour tenir ses membreslaNBRCAcausedelaCOVID.Elleadtenirde au courant des dernires nouvelles sur la COVID et surnombreuses vidoconfrences. Les entrepreneurs qui la rglementation. Elle a en outre doubl ses dons annuelsse rendaient dans dautres provinces ont eu besoin de misesFeed NS et Shelter NS en reconnaissance des difficults jour frquentes sur lvolution des consignes sanitaires des actuelles. diverses provinces. LaRCANSareportauprintempsprochainsonAGALAGA de la NBRCA a eu lieu le 26 janvier par tlconf-gnralementtenueendcembre,cequipermettraauxrence. Robby Johnson, de TriForce Team Inc. a t rlumembres se retrouver une fois de plus en personne sur lela prsidence de lassociation. La participation a atteint un terrain de golf. Grcelabulle de lAtlantique , elle a tenurecord. Le directeur gnral indique que le programme pilote deux tournois en 2020. de recrutement de travailleurs spcialiss a d tre retard Lassociation participera galementla Semaine nationale cause de la COVID. La NBRCA na pas pu tenir le cours de des couvreurs pour accrotre sa prsence dans les mdiasformation en maintenance et inspection de couvertures, mais sociaux. Aprs la mise en uvre dun outil de garantie enelle a confirm son espoir dtre en mesure de continuer le cours en 2021.ligne en 2019, elle offrira au printemps une garantie de 5 ans.Lassociationagalementprouvquelquesdifficults Par ailleurs, lassociation continue de travailler avec la Novaavec la formation Sceau rouge, dont certains cours ont t Scotia Apprenticeship Agency pour programmer et donnerinterrompusmi-cheminetreprogrammsenraisondes les cours dapprentissage. Ces cours ont eu lieu en ligne.consignes sanitaires. En outre, la COVID a ralenti lharmonisa-La RCANS est convaincue que les apprentis ont reu unetion du secteur de la toiture, y compris les misesjour, mais formation de qualit, mais espre un retourla formation enla NBRCA espre que ce processus sera finalis en 2021.personne. www.rcans.ca www.nbrca.caPRINTEMPS/T 2021 COUVERTURES CANADA 51'