b'CONSTRUCTION PRIORITIES, QUARTER 2CONSTRUCTION PRIORITIESTHIS SECTION INCLUDES CONTENT ON TCAS STRATEGIC GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIEDBY THE MEMBERS AS ESSENTIAL TO THE FUTURE SUCCESS OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;ADDRESSING THE LABOUR SHORTAGE, EMBRACING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND THEINCREASING ROLE OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION. IMMIGRATION POLICYWORSENS THE SKILLED LABOUR SHORTAGEBILL FERREIRA OF BUILDFORCE CANADA TALKS ABOUT IMMIGRATION REFORM By Warren HeeleyCURRENT CANADIAN IMMIGRATION POLICY IS1)The domestic demographic issue of retiring workers; hampering progress with the labour shortage by making it difficult for skilled tradespeople to enter the country, said2)The international competition for workers; keynote speaker Bill Ferreira, executive director of BuildForce Canada at the Toronto Construction Association (TCA) Members3)The reality that domestic recruiting will not fulfill the needs Day on May 1, 2024. BuildForce Canada provides services to the national construction industry including labour statisticsof the Canadian workforce;and forecasting. 4)Immigration policy must align with the needs of theBuildForce recently released a report entitled Immigrationconstruction sector; andReport Update (IRU) that calls for immigration policy reform to assist with the labour shortage in Canada. The report5)The negative aspects on skilled trade industries ofconcluded that Canada must respond to five issues immigration policy placing university and college education on immigration as the highest immigration selection criteria.BUILDERSDIGEST Quarter 2202419'