b'COMMITTEE PROFILENEW MANDATE FORINDUSTRY PRACTICES /GOVERNMENT RELATIONSDETERMINING PRIORITIES FOR THE NEW COMMITTEE By Warren HeeleyTCA HAS RECENTLY MADE THE DECISION to roll theI am excited about combining these committees into one, Industry Practices committee and the Governmentsays Matt Stainton, CEO of SG Constructors and chair of the Relations committee together into one group. The main reasonnew committee. We need to determine how our collective for this move is because so often the issues being dealt withvoice will be heard regularly by all levels of government to by the Industry Practices committee are linked to issues onensure municipal, provincial and federal decisions that impact the agenda of the Government Relations committee. Now theconstruction are not made without our industrys input.challenge is to develop a new mandate for the combined group and the many stakeholders the association deals with on aIndustry practices in many instances is at the forefront of the regular basis.advocacy efforts pursued by TCA, says John Mollenhauer, president and CEO of TCA. These two service areas make sense to be contained within the same committee. Our challenge is to expand the current committee mandate to intertwine the two areas together. He added that the committee will have to set specific priorities as well as proposed outcomes. We particularly need to look at the government bodies and construction associations we deal with on a regular basis and decide where we will get the best bang for our buck, says Mollenhauer. He adds that the association needs to decide on its role in advocacy going forward with the many changes happening in the Ontario construction market.PRIORITIESOne important priority for this new mandate is promoting the construction industry as a viable career to young people and those looking for a new direction in their work life. We have to 32Quarter 32024 BUILDERSDIGEST'