b'FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEOLooking back on a Year That Tested Canadas Steel IndustryAcomes to a close, weve hitOttawa and provincial capitals. Highlights s 2025 the ground running into 2026 at theincludedmeetingswithPremiersDoug CISC. Id like to take this opportunityFord and David Eby, extensive engagement KEANIN LOOMIS to reflect on the challenging year weve leftwithMPsandMLAs,andjoiningPrime behind and share a look at what lies aheadMinisterMarkCarneyduringhisvisitto President & CEOCISC-ICCAfor 2026.CISCmemberWaltersGroup,wherehe Theres no sugar-coating it: 2025 was asawfirsthandthecapabilityandvalueof tough year for Canadas steel constructionour industry.industry. Early last winter, it became clearBeyond advocacy, 2025 was also about that our industryand our countrywereconnection.Ournationalandregional facing serious economic pressure from oureventsbroughttheindustrytogether closest ally and trading partner. A potentiallikeneverbefore.FromtheCanadian trade war was suddenly very real, and theSteelConferenceandtherevamped rules of global trade wed long relied onSteelConstructionLeadershipSummit wereshiftingbeneathourfeet.Myteamtoregionalawards,hockeynights,golf andIgottoworkimmediately:buildingdays and SteelConnects, these gatherings relationships,organizingtariff-responseshowcased the talent, pride and community discussions and making sure governmentsthatdefinesteelconstruction.Theyalso at every level understood exactly what wasattracted strong government participation, at stake. withleaderslikePremierDougFord, Overthepastyear,weveworkedParliamentary Secretary Carlos Leito and relentlesslytobuildsupportfromtheHalifaxMayorAndyFillmorejoiningus public, from all levels of government andalong the way.frominternationalalliesnavigatingsimilarEducation remained another major focus. challenges. That meant a lot of time on theWelaunchednewcoursesandtraining road. From coast to coast across Canada,programs,advancedseismicresearch, toWashington,D.C.,andotherpartsofhostedmemberlunch-and-learnsand the U.S., and even as far as New Zealand,expandedprofessionaldevelopment I had the opportunity to learn more aboutopportunities. And were just getting started ourindustryandspeaktoawiderange 2026 will bring new courses and the long-ofaudiences,includingourAmericanawaited release of the updated Handbook ofcounterparts,about the evolving NorthSteel Construction.CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION Americantradeenvironment.Itwasnt INSTITUT CANADIEN DE LA CONSTRUCTION EN ACIERalways easy, and it often meant time awayNow, looking aheadAdvantage Steel and the French- from family, but the relationships built andAsweenter2026,weremaincommitted language edition Avantage Acier are published by the CanadianstrengthenedalongthewaymadeeverytodefendingandadvancingCanadas Institute of Steel Construction mile worthwhile. steel industry. We have an exciting lineup (CISC-ICCA) on behalf of its members and associates. Those efforts paid off. While this fight isof events planned, and my team and I will CISC-ICCA is not responsible far from over, we saw meaningful progresscontinueourunrelentingadvocacyto for the opinions expressed inthis publication by thosein2025.Throughpersistentadvocacyensure our industry thrives. Well be back contributing articles. andunprecedentedaccesstodecision- in the trenches early, advocating hard for Connect with us:makers, we secured important policy wins,ourmembersandourindustry.Wemay Tel: (905) 604-3231including the addition of wide flange beamhave taken some hits this yearbut were info@cisc-icca.ca cisc-icca.cato the tariff remission list. We ensured thenot out. Were resilient. Were united. Andlinkedin.com/company/ciscicca CISC, and our mission, were firmly on thewere strong as steel.ASradar of media and key decision-makers in@cisc_icca6|WINTER 2025 ADVANTAGE STEEL'