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CCA is recommending eligible costs be reimbursed
up to five per cent of the contract value as a starting
point, subject to adjustment as the duration
and full impact of COVID-19 becomes clearer.
releases and given multiple interviews to expand the reach
of our message and have engaged in discussions with likeminded
organizations, including the Chamber of Commerce,
the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies,
Export Development Canada and the Canadian Council for
Public-Private Partnerships to align and strengthen our position
with the federal government.
All of this outreach has led to some important wins for
our members:
• The 75 per cent wage subsidy program, available to all
businesses, on a cash or accrual revenue basis, who can
show a decline of 15 per cent in revenue;
• A national COVID-19 protocol and resource centre, sharing
best practices to help all member firms meet or exceed
health requirements. These measures are extensive and
include new safety and hygiene procedures and checklists
as well as guidelines on employee monitoring, physical
distancing, sanitization stations, frequent sanitization of
sites and reduced personnel on sites;
• Extended financing available from BDC and Export
Development Canada; normally only available to exporting
firms; and
• A free webinar series featuring experts offering insight to
help businesses navigate COVID-19.
More recently, CCA has issued a call to action, asking
members and colleagues to support a request to the federal
government to create an Emergency COVID-19 Construction
Cost Relief Program. Construction has been hit hard by the
pandemic. Many operations have been impacted by supply
chain disruptions, staff shortages, increased cost of materials
and loss of productivity. The program would alleviate the
financial pressure the industry is facing due to the pandemic
and ensure these companies are operational when it’s time to
mobilize for economic recovery. CCA is recommending eligible
costs be reimbursed up to five per cent of the contract
value as a starting point, subject to adjustment as the duration
and full impact of COVID-19 becomes clearer.
I urge you to support our efforts by sending a letter to your
own MP (pushpolitics.ca/clients/construction/).
Canada will be counting on the construction industry
to lead us out of the COVID-19-induced recession. You can
count on CCA to be your voice with the federal government,
to provide helpful tools and to share best practices across
the country. We are working passionately on your behalf
and will continue to put Canada’s institutional, commercial
and industrial construction industry first in everything that
we do.
Let’s stay in contact.
Please email me at
mvanburen@cca-acc.com if you have
any feedback or comments on how
the CCA can serve you better during
this crisis. Hear what is going on by
subscribing to the CCA’s newsletter
at bit.ly/ccasubscribe, by following
@ConstructionCAN on Twitter or by
looking up Canadian Construction
Association on LinkedIn.
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