RESCON Area of Focus

 

The following is a listing of the areas of focus and the current initiatives underway for each focus area:

LABOUR RELATIONS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

• Negotiations and Collective Bargaining Research and Preparation
• Trade Contractor Liaison Group
• Administration and Grievance Mediation and Arbitration
• Bill 148: Fairer workplaces, better jobs act.

BUILDING CODE REFORM AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS

• Six-storey mid-rise housing
• Building Approval Issues
• E-permitting initiative
• Accessibility

BUILDING SCIENCE AND INNOVATION

• Panelized Housing
• Window Wall
• Tall Wood Buildings
• Energy Efficiency and Low-carbon buildings

LABOUR SUPPLY, TRAINING AND EDUCATION

• George Brown College Endowment Program
• Humber College partnership
• Increasing the Supply of Skilled Trades
• Promoting of the skilled trades in high school and post-secondary
• The Ontario College of Trades
• Women in Skilled Trades program (WIST)

MARKET HOUSING AFFORDABILITY & LAND SUPPLY ISSUES

• Government imposed costs on Housing
• Land Supply
• Affordable Housing

HEALTH AND SAFETY

• Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA)
• Construction Employers Coalition participation (under the WSIB)
• Impacts of recreational cannabis legalization (Bill C-45)

LIASON WITH GOVERNMENT

• Lien Act review
• Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) review
• Tarion review