{"id":10582,"date":"2025-06-12T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T09:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buildingtrades.ca\/?p=10582"},"modified":"2025-06-12T13:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T13:59:07","slug":"cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/fr\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/","title":{"rendered":"CBTU Statement on Meeting with Federal Ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Ottawa<\/em> &#8211; Yesterday, CBTU Executive Director Sean Strickland and the Canadian Executive Board met with the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and John Zerucelli, Secretary of State for Labour to discuss the future of the unionized skilled trades as Canada prepares to meet our ambitious infrastructure and energy independence goals. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnionized skilled tradespeople, our members, are essential to building Canada\u2019s future. From energy independence to critical infrastructure \u2013 building trades members will be at the forefront of this transformational shift,\u201d said CBTU Executive Director Sean Strickland. \u201cAs we enter a period of major investment and significant change, we must ensure that these opportunities translate into good, family-supporting careers for our members. This means developing sophisticated labour forecasts to guide investment in training, expanding access to apprenticeship for underrepresented groups, and protecting the high standards that define unionized construction.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur members are builders \u2014 plain and simple. From coast to coast, unionized skilled tradespeople are delivering the critical infrastructure Canada needs to grow its economy and secure its future. The work ahead is ambitious, and CBTU is ready to meet the challenge. We have the expertise, the workforce, and the commitment to get the job done right \u2014 safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards,\u201d said Robert Kucheran, Chairman of CBTU\u2019s Canadian Executive Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada\u2019s Building Trades Unions also extends its sincere gratitude to Government House Leader, Steven MacKinnon, as well as the Honourable M\u00e9lanie Joly, and the Honourable Chrystia Freeland for participating in a productive roundtable discussion with the Canadian Executive Board. Their engagement and insights contributed to a meaningful dialogue on how to strengthen Canada\u2019s economy and ensure unionized skilled tradespeople are central to the nation\u2019s progress.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ottawa &#8211; Yesterday, CBTU Executive Director Sean Strickland and the Canadian Executive Board met with the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and John Zerucelli, Secretary of State for Labour to discuss the future of the unionized skilled trades as Canada prepares to meet our ambitious infrastructure and energy independence goals. &nbsp; \u201cUnionized [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CBTU Statement on Meeting with Federal Ministers - Canada&#039;s Building Trades Unions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/fr\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CBTU Statement on Meeting with Federal Ministers - Canada&#039;s Building Trades Unions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ottawa &#8211; Yesterday, CBTU Executive Director Sean Strickland and the Canadian Executive Board met with the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and John Zerucelli, Secretary of State for Labour to discuss the future of the unionized skilled trades as Canada prepares to meet our ambitious infrastructure and energy independence goals. &nbsp; \u201cUnionized [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/fr\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Canada&#039;s Building Trades Unions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CdnTrades\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-12T09:58:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-12T13:59:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"jwhite1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@CDNTrades\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CDNTrades\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"jwhite1\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"jwhite1\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/b743fe49a9b49b4f33956a29b7944f4a\"},\"headline\":\"CBTU Statement on Meeting with Federal Ministers\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-12T09:58:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-12T13:59:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/\"},\"wordCount\":293,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/\",\"name\":\"CBTU Statement on Meeting with Federal Ministers - Canada&#039;s Building Trades Unions\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-12T09:58:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-12T13:59:07+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CBTU Statement on Meeting with Federal Ministers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/\",\"name\":\"Canada's Building Trades Unions\",\"description\":\"We are the national voice of over half a million Canadian construction workers\u2014members of 14 international unions who work in more than 60 different trades and occupations, and generate six percent of this country\u2019s GDP.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Canada's Building Trades Unions\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cbtu-logo.svg?wsr\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cbtu-logo.svg?wsr\",\"width\":227,\"height\":78,\"caption\":\"Canada's Building Trades Unions\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CdnTrades\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/CDNTrades\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/b743fe49a9b49b4f33956a29b7944f4a\",\"name\":\"jwhite1\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa2842c173af63b20b6235d7d2423fc5ee16396c3c34edd5253dce79fb206d2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa2842c173af63b20b6235d7d2423fc5ee16396c3c34edd5253dce79fb206d2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"jwhite1\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/fr\/author\/jwhite1\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"CBTU Statement on Meeting with Federal Ministers - Canada&#039;s Building Trades Unions","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/fr\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/","og_locale":"fr_CA","og_type":"article","og_title":"CBTU Statement on Meeting with Federal Ministers - Canada&#039;s Building Trades Unions","og_description":"Ottawa &#8211; Yesterday, CBTU Executive Director Sean Strickland and the Canadian Executive Board met with the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and John Zerucelli, Secretary of State for Labour to discuss the future of the unionized skilled trades as Canada prepares to meet our ambitious infrastructure and energy independence goals. &nbsp; \u201cUnionized [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/fr\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/","og_site_name":"Canada&#039;s Building Trades Unions","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CdnTrades\/","article_published_time":"2025-06-12T09:58:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-12T13:59:07+00:00","author":"jwhite1","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@CDNTrades","twitter_site":"@CDNTrades","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"jwhite1","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/"},"author":{"name":"jwhite1","@id":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/b743fe49a9b49b4f33956a29b7944f4a"},"headline":"CBTU Statement on Meeting with Federal Ministers","datePublished":"2025-06-12T09:58:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-12T13:59:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/"},"wordCount":293,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#organization"},"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"fr-CA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/","url":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/","name":"CBTU Statement on Meeting with Federal Ministers - Canada&#039;s Building Trades Unions","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-06-12T09:58:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-12T13:59:07+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/cbtu-statement-on-meeting-with-federal-ministers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CBTU Statement on Meeting with Federal Ministers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/","name":"Canada's Building Trades Unions","description":"We are the national voice of over half a million Canadian construction workers\u2014members of 14 international unions who work in more than 60 different trades and occupations, and generate six percent of this country\u2019s GDP.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-CA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#organization","name":"Canada's Building Trades Unions","url":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-CA","@id":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cbtu-logo.svg?wsr","contentUrl":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cbtu-logo.svg?wsr","width":227,"height":78,"caption":"Canada's Building Trades Unions"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CdnTrades\/","https:\/\/x.com\/CDNTrades"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/b743fe49a9b49b4f33956a29b7944f4a","name":"jwhite1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-CA","@id":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa2842c173af63b20b6235d7d2423fc5ee16396c3c34edd5253dce79fb206d2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa2842c173af63b20b6235d7d2423fc5ee16396c3c34edd5253dce79fb206d2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"jwhite1"},"url":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/fr\/author\/jwhite1\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10582"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10589,"href":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10582\/revisions\/10589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}