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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. n
Email Mary Van Buren 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.
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
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