{"id":3932,"date":"2021-05-22T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T11:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbtu-corporate-site.local\/?p=3932"},"modified":"2024-08-19T15:59:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T15:59:42","slug":"statement-by-cbtu-on-meeting-with-prime-minister-trudeau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/en\/statement-by-cbtu-on-meeting-with-prime-minister-trudeau\/","title":{"rendered":"STATEMENT BY CBTU ON MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3932\" class=\"elementor elementor-3932\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fbbe33f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2fbbe33f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2deec34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2deec34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Canada\u2019s Building Trades Unions appreciated the opportunity to meet directly with Prime Minister Trudeau to discuss the challenges faced by workers in the construction industry during the pandemic and issues of importance to the over half a million members we represent. Today, we had the opportunity to discuss important measures which appeared in the Federal Budget that will help our members including reforms to Employment Insurance, investments in apprenticeship and workforce development.<\/p>\n\n<p>We were pleased with the opportunity to bring up the Skilled Trades Workforce Mobility Tax Deduction \u2013 currently in the House of Commons as Private Members Bill C-275. 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