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| March 14, 2017 | 
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Member Update
We need your help to push your Member of Parliament to support this initiative! Our last campaign was focused on Senators and was highly effective. We now need to focus on the elected officials, Members of Parliament, to let them know that passing prompt payment legislation is the right thing to do! Contact your MP today! The Canada Prompt Payment Act, Bill S-224, will be undergoing a final review by a Senate committee before a vote is taken to send the bill to the House of Commons. It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Bohdan (Boxy) Klymkiw. Bohdan passed away peacefully on March 7 at St. Boniface Hospital. We extend our most sincere sympathy to the entire Klymkiw family.
"Klym" (as he was referred to in the industry) received his Certificate of Qualification as a plumber in 1953. He worked for Easton Plumbing. When he and his work buddy considered going on their own and started doing side jobs, Klym's boss found out and said, "If you are going to be a contractor, you better join the association and you might as well start today. You’re both fired!" Klym founded B & D Plumbing and Heating, a successful mechanical contracting company that he ran with his wife, Josephine. At its onset in 1961, B & D was elected as a member of the Canadian Plumbers and Mechanical Contractors Association, or MCA Canada as it is now known. INDUSTRY NEWS
There are widespread concerns that proposed U.S. policy changes in trade and taxes could have major economic consequences for Canada. A new study by the Fraser Institute finds the vast majority of new government infrastructure spending is unlikely to grow the economy. Not only has the U.S. construction industry failed to keep pace with the U.S. compounded annual business productivity growth rate of 1.76 percent, but it has lost ground since 1995 with a yearly productivity decline of 1.04 percent, according to a recent McKinsey Global Institute report. From company owners and contractors to workers, all sectors and all members of Canada's construction and maintenance industry are being urged to join a national effort to change the way they plan, work and build. By now, all members of the Mechanical Service Contractors of Canada should have received their pre-populated MSCC Certified Contractor application forms. We are asking all MSCC members to please send in your completed applications as soon as possible. We are meeting with the Building Owners & Managers Association of Canada soon and would like to be able to demonstrate our organization’s commitment to working together with a strong list of certified contractors. Sample documentation on most of the application criteria are available at www.servicecontractor.ca. If you have not received your application please contact Daryl Sharkey at daryl@mcac.ca or 613-232-0492. Set yourself apart from the competition with your MSCC Certified Contractor designation! INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
A company out of Australia has been developing a smart hard hat that senses when mental fatigue has set in. Construction clients and communities will benefit from the long-overdue transformation of the industry. Associates Corner
Nu Flow manufactures and installs innovative green technologies to rehabilitate the inner infrastructure of deteriorated or failing water piping systems using an array of cured-in-place epoxy pipe lining solutions. Nu Flow is the world leader in total inside infrastructure clean water solutions for small diameter pipes. BY THE NUMBERS
Canada's unemployment rate dropped to 6.6 percent last month, its lowest level in more than two years, as fewer people were looking for work, Statistics Canada said. Events
Wednesday, July 12, 2017 – Book it in your calendar today! That's the date for this year's annual 2017 CEC Golf Tournament. This year it will be held at a new location, the Royal Ontario Golf Club in Milton, ON. This is a fun and important fundraiser for the Education Council, so please add this event to your calendar. Registration and sponsorship will be available shortly. Important Dates
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MCA Canada's Charity of Choice
We still need your help! Operation Eyesight has prevented more than 35 million people from facing the needless tragedy of preventable blindness. Their work is focused in places where blindness can be deadly, especially to those who are very young, old or poor. MCA Canada's members, offices and staff have made significant contributions to help in this worthwhile cause but we still have a long way to go. |
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