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INDUSTRY NEWS
Source: On-Site Magazine
Ottawa fell behind early on its $187.8-billion Investing in Canada Plan. After four years, the federal government still has yet to catch up, according the office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer in its latest assessment of the plan.

Visit https://www.on-sitemag.com/infrastructure/spending-under-federal-infrastructure-plan-accelerates-but-12-year-initiative-remains-2b-behind/1003968788/ to view the full article online.

 
Source: Canadian Manufacturing
The Mid-Market Financing Program, part of the Government of Canada’s Business Credit Availability Program, will be delivered through close work with businesses' primary lenders.

Visit https://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/small-business/bdc-launches-program-to-support-medium-sized-businesses-with-amid-covid-19-255610/ to view the full article online.

 
Source: Daily Commercial News
The C.D. Howe Institute’s COVID-19 crisis Working Group on Business Continuity and Trade is calling on governments to speed up productivity-enhancing infrastructure projects to help the Canadian economy recover.

Visit https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/economic/2020/06/c-d-howe-urges-targeted-stimulus-spending to view the full article online.

 
Source: Daily Commercial News
Catherine McKenna, Canada's Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, outlined the Liberal government’s vision for a green, home-grown, post-COVID construction supply chain during a recent Canadian Construction Association webinar.

Visit https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/associations/2020/06/mckenna-talks-supply-chains-stimulus-at-cca-un-conference to view the full article online.

 
Source: HPAC Magazine
Gail Kaufman is the vice president of marketing and e-business for Wolseley Canada and has become the Canadian Institute of Plumbing & Heating's 73rd chair.

Visit https://www.hpacmag.com/heating-plumbing-air-conditioning-general/gail-kaufman-elected-new-chair-of-ciph/1004130072/ to view the full article online.

 
Source: Plumbing + HVAC
World Refrigeration Day will be celebrated for the second time on June 26, 2020. This international event raises visibility, awareness and understanding of the role the refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump sector plays in our lives.

Visit https://plumbingandhvac.ca/world-refrigeration-day-planned/ to view the full article online.

 
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
Source: Daily Commercial News
The media's attention has been dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic in the first half of 2020, but that doesn't mean the now lesser-talked-about issue of carbon emissions has gone away.

Visit https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/technology/2020/06/inside-innovation-embodied-carbon-construction-industrys-blind-spot to view the full article online.

 
Source: Construction Links Network
Construction is second-most open industry in Canada with 77 per cent of businesses operating.

Visit https://constructionlinks.ca/news/half-of-small-businesses-in-canada-now-fully-open-including-77-of-the-construction-industry/ to view the full article online.

 
BY THE NUMBERS
Click below for the latest prompt payment in the construction industry payment tables.

Visit https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/biens-property/divulgation-disclosure/psdic-ppci-eng.html to view the full article online.

 
Source: Statistics Canada

"Investment in building construction plunged 45.9 percent to $8.4 billion in April compared with the previous month. Previously, the largest national decline on record for the current series (which dates back to 2010) was a 3.9 percent decrease in August 2017."

Visit https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/200622/dq200622a-eng.htm?HPA=1 to view the full article online.

 
Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada
280 Albert Street | Suite 701 | Ottawa ON, Canada K1P 5G8
Phone: (613)232-0492 | Fax: (613)235-2796 | Email: mcac@mcac.ca