MCA Ontario Newsletters
$ 5000 or $ 10,000
Have you hired a first year apprentice recently, if so did you apply for the financial incentive of $5,000 or $10,000?. This is a federally
funded program administered by Canada’s Building Trades Unions (CBTU) that provides financial incentives and training support for unionized small and medium-sized contractors.
It’s easier than you think. Here are two options to proceed:
- Visit www.buildingtrades.ca/in the trades - all the information is there!
- Call Darlene at the MCAO office. We’ll be hosting a Zoom Q&A with the CBTU RegionalCo-ordinator where you can have all your questions answered within minutes.
Ontario Pipe Trades
Visit the OPT Instagram page (click on the link below) for a quick but thorough glimpse into what the members of our Association are doing across the province. Quite diverse, it has featured work we are doing on the rehabilitation of Centre Block on Parliament Hill,the Minds behind the Mines in our great north and significant work at several colleges and Universities throughout the province. If you have projects you would like us to highlight,please reach out to the MCAO office. We would like nothing better than to flood the sitewith your great work!
Training Opportunities
Great news, TSSA safety inspectors reached a tentative agreement, thus ending their strike. The MCAO office can now reach out to our TSSA reps to recommence the planning of acouple courses we had engaged with them on prior to the strike. We are currently looking into organizing a ASME B31.1 Power Piping Seminar & a ASME B31.3 Process Piping Seminar.
Reach out to Darlene at the MCAO office for more information. Further, if thereare other courses you would benefit from that MCAO can arrange, please let us know.
Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
The MCAO President and Managing Director recently met with Minister McNaughton. Among a number of notable agenda items were the labour shortage, the backlog inapprentice training, and the new Skilled Trades Ontario organization. It was an insightful meeting that opened doors for future MCAO interaction at the provincial level in both theshort and mid-term. The Minister invited the MCAO Board to meet with him later this year and asked that we continue to insert opportunities for discussions such as this in his calendar moving forward. Truly time well spent!
Hurricane Fiona Relief Fund
Hurricane Fiona made landfall in the eastern provinces a day before MCAO attendees began to arrive in Halifax for the MCAC Conference. Conference attendees were among hospitality staff throughout the week who were directly effected by the hurricane. In true character of our Industry, the Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada, its provincial partners and some MCAO Zones stepped forward to donate more than $100,000 toHurricane Fiona Relief through the Canadian Red Cross. The announcement made prior to one of the evening meals created a sense of pride throughout and was an excellent testament to our commitment to fellow Canadians in a time of need.
MCA Sudbury 2022 Scholarship winners
Congratulations to Filipe Silva and Sophia Lisi.....who received the Mechanical Contractors Association of Sudbury Scholarship, presented by Rick Gauvreau.
MCA Annual Report
The formal presentation of this report was made at our 2022 Annual meeting held at the Lord Elgin hotel in Ottawa in August.
For those who could not attend, you can view the Annual report by clicking
here.
MCA Ontario 2023 Annual General Meeting
Please call the office if you haven’t received your 2023 AGM booklet in the mail.
Registration will be open shortly. Book early as our numbers are limited.
Looking for more?
Our intent is to make this a quarterly newsletter that is full of timely and valuable information for you. If you would like to see a specific topic or concern included in a future version please reach out to us at mcao@mcao.org. We welcome any feedback and/or questions you may have.
MCA Ontario Newsletters
