CISC Advocacy Snapshot - COVID-19 March 26, 2020 Letter to The Honourable Blaine Higgs Re: COVID-19 Dear Premier Blaine Higgs, The steel construction industry represents a large portion of the construction activity in Canada, both on and off the job site. We employ up to 130,000 jobs directly and indirectly. As an industry, [...]
Premier Ford and Minister Phillips Announce Additional Health Care Resources and Support for People, Jobs and Employers March 25, 2020 4:00 P.M. TORONTO — Today, Finance Minister Rod Phillips released Ontario's Action Plan: Responding to COVID-19 (March 2020 Economic and Fiscal Update). The government's action plan is a first step in its response to COVID-19 and [...]
The Québec government has ordered the closing as of Wednesday, March 25 at 00:01 until April 13, 2020 of all non-essential stores and services including construction EXCEPT the following: Maintenance and operation of strategic infrastructure, including: the production, procurement, transmission and distribution of energy (electricity, fossil energies). the maintenance in good operating condition of essential public [...]
New Measures to Further Protect the Health and Safety of the People of Ontario March 23, 2020 1:30 P.M. TORONTO — To further contain the spread of COVID-19, the Ontario Government will order the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces effective as of Tuesday, March 24th at 11:59 p.m. This closure will be in effect for [...]