b'EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS MESSAGE LE MOT DU DIRECTEUR GNRALBob Brunete are now in the second year of living with COVID,N ous en sommes maintenantla deuxime anne de W and although the vaccination process is well underCOVID, et malgr les progrs de la vaccination, le way,theconstructionsectorisstillfeelingthesecteur de la construction en ressent encore limpact. impact. At CRCA, we cancelled our 2020 Conference & AGM lACEC, nous avons annul notre congrs 2020 et le Conseil and the CRCA Board recently made the very difficult decisiondadministrationarcemmentprisladcisiontrsdifficile to also cancel this years Conference & AGM, scheduled fordannuler le congrs et lAGA de cette anne, prvus du 14 May 14 to 16, 2021 in St. Johns, Newfoundland. Our planau 16 mai 2021St. Johns (Terre-Neuve). Notre plan est de is to return to St. Johns for our 2023 conference, but for nowrevenirSt. Johns pour notre congrs de 2023, mais celui our thoughts are on seeing our 2022 conference take place inde 2022 aura lieu en maiEdmonton. Nous tiendrons une Edmonton in May 2022. Meanwhile, we plan on hosting aassemble gnrale annuelle virtuelle le 19 mai 2021. Les virtual AGM on May 19, 2021 and more details will followmembres recevront plus de dtailsce sujet.to members. Pendant la pandmie, lACEC a concentr ses efforts sur la Duringthepandemic,CRCAhasbeenfocusingeffortsdfense des membres et de lindustrie. En tant que membre onadvocatingforourmembersandtheCanadianroofingfondatrice du Conseil national des entrepreneurs spcialiss industry.AsafoundingmemberoftheNationalTradeduCanada(CNESC),lACECetneufautresassociations Contractors Council of Canada (NTCCC), CRCA and nineprofessionnelles ont soumis des recommandations prbudg-other member trade associations have submitted pre-budgettaires au gouvernement fdral :recommendationstothefederalgovernment.OurthreeLa CNESC recommande fortement au gouvernementrecommendations include: fdral dacclrer les investissements en infrastructure NTCCC strongly recommends that the federal govern- pour stimuler lconomie et crer des emplois immdiats.ment accelerate the delivery of infrastructure investmentsLa CNESC recommande que le gouvernement fdralto stimulate the economy and create immediate jobs.investisse dans des possibilits de formation et des NTCCC recommends that the federal government investprogrammes pour attirer les gens dans les mtiersin training opportunities to increase the skillset of workersspcialiss, et pour inciter les entreprisescrer de currently in the skilled trades, invest in programs to attractnouvelles possibilits dapprentissage, favorisant une people into the skilled trades as a career, and developcroissance de la main-duvre trs ncessaire dans a program to incentivize businesses and contractors tolindustrie de la construction. create new apprenticeship opportunities, promoting much La CNESC recommande que le gouvernement fdral needed labour growth in the construction industry.agisse sans dlai pour adopter les rglements de laRoofing Canada is published biannually Editor / Rdactrice : Published by: All rights reserved. The contents of this for the Canadian Roofing Roma Ihnatowycz publication may not be reproduced by any Contractors Associationmeans, in whole or in part, without the 2430 Don Reid Drive, Suite 100Editorial Coordinators CRCA /prior written consent of the association.Ottawa, ON K1H 1E1Coordonnateursla mediaedgepublishing.comTel.: (613) 232-6724rdaction ACEC :33 South Station StreetPublication mail agreement #40787580Fax: (613) 232-2893Bob Brunet, Executive Director / Toronto, OntarioM9N 2B2Published April 2021www.roofingcanada.com Directeur gnralToll Free: (866) 480-4717 Carole Venne, Executive Assistant /robertt@mediaedge.ca Return undeliverables to:Couvertures Canada est une publicationAdjointe de direction Canadian Roofingbiannuelle de lAssociation canadienne531 Marion Street des entrepreneurs en couvertureSales Representatives / Winnipeg, MB Canada R2J 0J9Contractors Association2430 prom. Don Reid, bureau 100Reprsentants des ventes : Toll Free: (866) 201-30962430 Don Reid Drive, Suite 100 Ottawa, ON K1H 1E1Bill Biber,Fax: (204) 480-4420Ottawa, ONK1H 1E1 Tl. : (613) 232-6724Derek de Weerdt, www.mediaedgepublishing.com Tel.: (613) 232-6724 Tlcopieur : (613) 232-2893Ashley Huston, President:Fax: (613) 232-2893www.couverturescanada.com Pat Johnston, Kevin BrownDawn StokesPublisher: Senior Vice-President:ROOFING CANADA is printed on 10% post-consumer Robert Thompson Senior Design Specialist:Robert Thompson FSC certified paper using soya based inks. When Krista Zimmermann Branch Manager:necessary to mail an issue in an enclosure, we use an Director, Business Development: environmentally-friendly, 100% oxo-degradable poly-wrap.Michael Bell Design Specialist:Nancie PrivMarisa Giesbrecht8 ROOFING CANADA SPRING/SUMMER 2021'