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Navigating workforce challenges facing the Canadian construction industry

Canada’s construction industry is navigating a complex landscape defined by record levels of activity alongside persistent workforce constraints. In 2025, nonresidential construction investment reached unprecedented…

adminFebruary 27, 2026

Commercial Construction

Concrete Ontario rolls out first-ever standardized training for ready-mix drivers

With the assistance of a number of consultants and funding through the Ontario government’s Skills Development Fund, the Ready Mix Concrete Association of Ontario (Concrete…

adminFebruary 26, 2026

Commercial Construction

LIUNA 607 targets 2,000 members by 2030 amid ‘unprecedented’ northwestern Ontario boom

LIUNA Local 607 in Thunder Bay, Ont. is setting its sights on more than doubling its membership from the current 950 to 2,000 members by…

adminFebruary 19, 2026

Commercial Construction

Bess announced as new BuildForce Canada executive director

OTTAWA – Starting March 2 BuildForce Canada will have a new executive director, Irwin Bess. According to a statement from BuildForce, Bess brings extensive national…

adminFebruary 17, 2026

Commercial Construction

Canada’s famed, all-Black, No. 2 Construction Battalion celebrates 110th anniversary

TRURO, N.S. — The No. 2 Construction Battalion, the first and only all-Black battalion-sized unit in Canadian military history, marks its 110th anniversary this year,…

adminFebruary 13, 2026

Commercial Construction

Bill C-259: Is CLAC out of step or walking a new path for unions?

As Heather McPherson, Edmonton Strathcona MP and NDP national leader candidate, lands the Fair Representation Bill (C-259) on the Commons, it opens dialogue of how…

adminFebruary 13, 2026

Commercial Construction

4DY initiative aims to boost skilled trades access for disabled youth

A new, multi-year national initiative has been launched to help the country’s construction and manufacturing employers rethink how they go about recruiting, hiring and supporting…

adminFebruary 12, 2026

Commercial Construction

Notice to All Employers of LIUNA Local 183 Employees Doing Concrete and Drain Work

NOTICE TO ALL EMPLOYERS OF EMPLOYEES REPRESENTED BY THE LABOURERS’ INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, LOCAL 183 ENGAGED IN CONCRETE AND DRAIN WORK IN OLRB…

adminFebruary 11, 2026

Commercial Construction

Labour groups call on Carney to adopt a ‘true Team Canada approach’ to trade war

OTTAWA – As Ottawa prepares for talks with President Donald Trump’s White House to review the country’s most important trade pact, one part of the…

adminFebruary 5, 2026

Construction Professionals

Re:Construction podcast – Episode 195

This episode sees Bishop & Taylor discuss the state of labour relations in the UK construction industry, the rationality of sentences for health & safety…

adminFebruary 4, 2026

Labour

Navigating workforce challenges facing the Canadian construction industry

Concrete Ontario rolls out first-ever standardized training for ready-mix drivers

LIUNA 607 targets 2,000 members by 2030 amid ‘unprecedented’ northwestern Ontario boom

Bess announced as new BuildForce Canada executive director

Canada’s famed, all-Black, No. 2 Construction Battalion celebrates 110th anniversary

Bill C-259: Is CLAC out of step or walking a new path for unions?

4DY initiative aims to boost skilled trades access for disabled youth

Notice to All Employers of LIUNA Local 183 Employees Doing Concrete and Drain Work

Labour groups call on Carney to adopt a ‘true Team Canada approach’ to trade war

Re:Construction podcast – Episode 195

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