CRCA offers a variety of Affinity Programs to its members, designed to provide valuable services, discounts, and business tools tailored to the roofing industry. These programs are intended to help members save money, enhance their operations, and improve overall business efficiency.

Of note to the construction community, suppliers included, are amendments to Section 74.01 of the federal Competition Act to address “greenwashing” – false, misleading, or deceptive environmental claims made for the purpose of promoting a product or a business interest.

Each day CRCA members will highlight the importance of the sector and the people who work in it, by sharing photos, video and using the hashtag #RoofingWeekCanada in accordance with a daily theme.

“Federal efforts to boost real housing and infrastructure spending are, on the surface, welcome news, CRCA members remain very concerned about the acute nature of finding roofers,” said Mr. Facette. The CRCA has met with the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Canada (IRCC) and departmental staff, including Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), advocating a more flexible immigration system to help meet the roofing industry labour demand.

In February your CRCA board of directors closed the loop on the 2024 – 2027 Strategic Plan. Being the voice, advocacy/lobbying, attracting workers and setting industry standards are the four Key Results Areas (KRAs).

The recently released report from BuildForce quantifies much of our position. In meeting with the Minister, his senior staff, and others we continue to advocate for a better system that will give CRCA members more flexible and efficient means to use immigration as one tool to alleviate the acute labour shortages members are experiencing.

The NTC is revising its Terms of Reference to make sure that the membership, duties and roles of the committee accurately represent the entire roofing industry.

The late General Norman Schwarzkopf of the USA Army used to say, “logistics win the war”, that was certainly true for some directors getting to their February 6, 2024 meeting. From 25 hours of travel time to an unexpected overnight stay in Montreal, all directors eventually made it to Las Vegas, NV.

‘Be there’ can apply just as much to leading an industry association, you gotta ‘be there’ in front and with the members to listen to what they have to say. Over the past few weeks, I have had the honour to ‘be there’, to participate in annual membership meetings in Ontario, New Brunswick, and Quebec.

CRCA presented a business session at the Ontario Industrial Roofing Contractors Association (OIRCA) AGM held on January 18, 2024, that provided OIRCA members with an overview into CRCA’s commitment and dedication to the roofing industry and how it is fostering members’ interests on the national stage.

Fearing that a wave of roof collapses similar to that experienced in 2019 could occur in the short term, due to the over mutiplication of the natural weight of the heavy snow that has fallen in recent days, Quebec's largest roofer, Toitures Hogue , today urged owners of commercial, industrial and/or institutional buildings to be cautious and pro active