ICBA is a proud member of Merit Canada, a national open shop construction organization.
SASKATOON—Merit Canada, the national voice of Canada’s open shop construction associations representing more than 1.2 million Canadian construction professionals, announced last night it supports Pierre Poilievre and the Conservative Party of Canada in the next federal election.
“Canada is in deep economic decline and urgently needs change. Pierre Poilievre understands the challenges facing our country and is ready to take decisive action to secure our future,” said Merit Canada board chair Shane Stirling, a construction business owner from Northeast B.C. “With a clear commitment to turning around our economy, Pierre and his team will put Canada back on a path to prosperity by supporting the hard-working Canadians who wake up every day to build our communities – our entrepreneurs, tradespeople, contractors, and small business owners.”
Merit Canada is deeply concerned with the Trudeau Government’s ill-conceived policies that have made housing unaffordable for most working Canadians, choked off Canada’s natural resource and energy sector, chased away jobs and investment, shrunk paycheques and added higher taxes and punishing red tape for people and businesses.
Despite increasing immigration 15-fold, the Trudeau Government has failed to attract enough skilled trades workers to help build the homes and other infrastructure so desperately needed in Canada.
Merit Canada noted Poilievre’s commitment to unleashing builders to build millions of new homes, turning around the national economy by cutting needless overregulation, permitting responsible resource development projects faster, and working with thousands of builders and contractors to train more tradespeople.
“By removing unnecessary barriers and making Canada a more attractive place for investment, Poilievre will ensure that our resource sectors can compete and lead globally, creating high-paying jobs and bringing opportunities to communities across the country,” said Stirling. “For a stronger economy, more opportunity and investment, a common sense approach to government, and a future that puts Canadian families first, Pierre Poilievre is the leader we need to take Canada in the right direction.”
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Merit Canada is the national voice of Canada’s six provincial open shop construction associations, including ICBA B.C., ICBA Alberta, Merit Saskatchewan, Merit Manitoba, Merit Ontario, and Merit Nova Scotia. Together Merit represents the companies and workers who build more than 75% of the industrial, commercial and institutional, and residential construction projects from coast to coast. More than 1.2 million tradespeople work in open shops, where belonging to a union is not a condition of employment. www.merit-canada.ca
