b'MCA CANADA PROVINCIAL ROUNDUPMECHANICAL CONTRACTOR MIGRAINESSome of the issues facing MCA members heading into 2022*Editors Note: these submissions were provided prior to the emergence of the Omicron variant and the extreme weather events in British Columbia.O utside of the obvious impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, mechanical contractor firms across Canada have faced a variety of issues over the past year. While some remain project-specific and more localized, there are several issues that affect members across Canada and are national in scope and scale. MCAC invited commentary from provincial MCAs across the country to provide a glimpse into some of the issues members are facing and the top concerns for MCAs as the industry heads into the next year.MCA ALBERTAIt continues to be a dogs breakfast for theAll things related to the procurement ofpriority. The Alberta Trade Contractors Alberta construction industry. COVID-19- appropriate insurance continues to be aCoalition, consisting of 10 provincial related supply chain issues and subsequentpriority for Alberta membership. MCAtrade associations, is proving its worth in downloading of delay costs onto the tradesAlberta selected a new preferred insuranceaddressing these multi-trade issues. will be an ongoing concern for membersprovider in 2021. We look forward toWith the impact of COVID-19 lingering on well into 2022.working with Lloyd Sadd Insurance Brokersthe economy and the anticipation of better and their parent company Navacord to helptimes to come, the Alberta construction While legislation for prompt payment wasease this burden in 2022.industry has yet to see private sector capital passed to great fanfare nearly two yearsThe Government of Alberta recentlyspending start to flow. The governments ago, it has yet to be proclaimed. Initially,passed Bill 67, the Skilled Trades andcapital spending continues to be the the legislation was okay, and a few smallApprenticeship Education Act, and is nowprimary source of construction work, and tweaks would have made it pretty good.consulting with stakeholders on the devel- until such time that we see private sector Instead, a few small tweaks pushed it theopment of regulations. The broad scope ofspending, it will be lean times in the Alberta other way, and now its a battle as we workproposed changes within the bill came as aconstruction market. Of course, once private to get the appropriate regulations in placesurprise to the trades, and subsequently, thesector spending does start to flow, the next to fix the legislation. The legislation may beneed to be actively engaged in the ensuingproblem will be the impendingproclaimed mid-2022.consultations has become a consuminglabour shortage.PARTNER WITH US FOR YOUR FAST TRACK TO SUCCESS!Our winning products and services include: MagazinesShow GuidesProfilesE-NewslettersCustom Content MarketingDirectoriesEventsBuyers Guides VideoSponsorship Sales Contact Robert Thompson 1.647.494.4229 www.mediaedge.ca30 www.mcac.ca'