b"PRESIDENTS MESSAGEDAN GREGOROWICHHOLDING UP HOPERCABC PresidentI to instate our Roofing Industry Safety Council specifically to would like to start this letter to our readers and members with a message for anyone that needs to see it: focus on the health, wellbeing and security of our members and Black lives matter. their employees, creating an exposure control plan for roofing When I was elected president of RCABC last year, I knewsystems and enhanced fall protection and torch safety. that I was taking on the responsibility of serving our membersAll of this is to say that we take the safety and comfort of in helping secure their safety, their rights and their livelihood. our members and their employees seriously. We have made that It has been made clear in our international media, nationala clear commitment before this pandemic and will continue media and our community that injustice exists. There is stillto do everything we can to recommit to that moving forward. anti-Black, anti-Asian and anti-Indigenous discrimination andWere excited to sit down this week as a group at our association violence in our province and country, and it is the duty of everyoffices to discuss guidelines from WorkSafeBC and to work out member of our community, including myself, to speak out andlogistics on getting back into the swing of things with social to listen. We must do this to ensure a peaceful, respectful anddistancing, proper protective equipment and procedures. safe path forward for everyone.We are now in Phase 3 of reopening the province, and I The 2020 Board of Directors and I denounce all the violencethink the governments plan for that is going well. Im proud and hate that has stemmed from racism and inequality. We willof the province as a whole, to see everyone making the effort to not tolerate hate or discrimination in our workplaces or on ourfollow the rules and be compliant so that we can get students job sites and we welcome our members to reach out and sharesafely back into schools and workers into workplaces. While their voice with us.things may never be the same, I think as we continue getting In my last message, I spoke to the rise and what was hope- through Phase 3, we can carry on with finding normalcy in our fully the last peak of COVID-19. I urged readers, our membersgreat province for our people and our workers. and the public to remain vigilant in seeking the latest informa- The message Im happy to see coming from this pandemic tion regarding the pandemic, to educate yourselves on what youand our current social landscape, and one Id like to keep in can do to keep you, your loved ones and your workplaces safemindmovingforward,issimplebutimportant.Whatever and secure.success weve had, be it in our organization, our province or this Personally, I have every confidence in our RCABC memberscountry, we owe it to community. We owe it to everyone doing and their workplaces to continue to uphold the gold standard oftheir part and caring for each others' safety as well as their own. safety and caution that has given us our reputation.In the immortal words of the fantastic Dr. Bonnie Henry, Be Backin2011,RCABCrecentlycommittedtoprovidingkind, be calm and be safe. safetycoursesandrequiringtheCertificateofRecognitionSincerely,(COR) from our active members. We signed onto the Builders Dan Gregorowich CodethatdefinesacceptableworksitesandconditionsforPresident construction employers. Our Board of Directors came togetherRoofing Contractors Association of British Columbia For resources about Black Lives Matter, and The Vancouver Chapter of the Black Lives Matter Movementfor anyone wishing to support and learn Black in B.C. Community Support Fund for COVID-19more about this urgent matter, please visit these organizations:Canadian Race Relations Foundation6lROOFINGBC l SUMMER 2020"