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RESCON's October. newsletter is hot off the digital press with columns by @RESCONprez, @RESCON_VP, @gacmediagroup and a Q&A with Housing Minister @RobFlackEML. Read the digital file at https://t.co/75XTRVdYlt or the PDF at https://t.co/xC0PYdlJPJ.
#HousingCrisis#onpoli
Thinking about a career in the skilled trades? Come explore the possibilities at the 2026 Level Up! Skilled Trades Career Fair in Barrie!
Try hands-on activities, meet employers and training providers, ask questions, and discover where a career in the skilled trades could take you.
📍Sadlon Arena, 555 Bayview Drive, Barrie
When: Tuesday, October 6, 3:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Admission is free… come out and see the skilled trades in action!
#SkilledTradesON #LevelUp
An article in Canadian Contractor Magazine provides an overview of presentations from some of the speakers at RESCON’s recent Housing Summit 6.0. Read https://t.co/Jj4HHnLl28.
#HousingCrisis#cdnpoli#onpoli@RESCONprez
Rpresentatives from the @ConstructionCAN, @PCACanada, @LiUNACanada, @CANMechanical, @RESCON_VP and other advocates suggested the government must follow through on summit promises by creating the conditions to get projects moving.
https://t.co/HkZqS6d817
Rpresentatives from the @ConstructionCAN, @PCACanada, @LiUNACanada, @CANMechanical,
@RESCON_VP and other advocates suggested the government must follow through on summit promises by creating the conditions to get projects moving.
https://t.co/SgYLptpCqJ
Ontario has done a lot to remove the stigma attached to the skilled trades, but we need to continue to highlight opportunities that they offer, @RESCON_VP writes in his latest blog at https://t.co/Jzzj1K5NX9.
#skilledtrades#onpoli@RESCONprez
Today, we announced the largest expansion of provincially funded seats at Ontario’s public colleges and universities in more than a decade. We’re funding 70,000 more spots in priority fields like STEM, health care, teaching and trades to connect more Ontario students to good-paying, in-demand careers. Learn more: https://t.co/KIfh2Sj1If
RESCON is calling on the federal and provincial governments, along with municipalities, to permanently eliminate the #HST from new home purchases, @Onconstructnews reports at https://t.co/pcyYj4tUe4.
#HousingCrisis#onpoli#cdnpoli@RESCONprez
RESCON is joining communities and organizations across the country in recognizing World Suicide Prevention Day on Sept. 10 and marking September as Suicide Prevention Month.
#SuicidePreventionMonth#construction@RESCONprez@RESCON_VP
RESCON is holding a free online housing summit Sept. 23 to talk about what's working and what needs to happen. For more info and to register, read our press release at https://t.co/fXLdfquh6T.
#HousingCrisis@RESCONprez
The province is seeking input on how the Ontario Building Code can be modernized, simplified and streamlined while maintaining #health, #safety and performance standards, David Henderson writes in a blog at https://t.co/GFu6jSn1OQ.
#construction#housing@RESCONprez
Associations, MLITSD, and other #safety groups are continuing to work on plans related to the announced harmonization of safety standards across Canada, @RESCON_VP writes in his latest blog at https://t.co/B9xfhM96Dc.
#healthandsafety#construction@RESCONprez
RESCON members go above and beyond to plan and execute heat mitigation plans to keep workers safe on-site, @RESCON_VP writes in his latest blog at https://t.co/KInyhT4qB5.
#construction#HeatStress#SafetyFirst
A CMHC report noted that Canada could have produced nearly 30 per cent more #housing in 2024, which is an astounding figure, but government and red tape got in the way, @RESCONprez writes in his latest blog at https://t.co/lk2c91VGYD.
#onpoli#cdnpoli
Ontario does not have a land scarcity problem. Rather, it has a serviced, approved and buildable land scarcity problem, @RESCONprez writes in a column in @TheTorontoSun at https://t.co/eggPBjVpmg.
#HousingCrisis#onpoli
Ontario is dealing with a #housing affordability crisis that has been decades in the making - one built, layer by layer, through public policy, @RESCONprez said in a column in @sensomagazineca at https://t.co/9fPqtFAlH0.
#HousingCrisis#onpoli
A new report prepared for RESCON argues that Canada's persistent #apprenticeship crisis is not primarily a funding problem — it is a design problem. Read the article in @HRReporter at https://t.co/ZfMYe7rfGT.
#construction@RESCONprez