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Council of Ontario Construction Associations News
Read the latest Council of Ontario Construction Associations News. To read COCA’s Newsletters and Government Relations Report, visit the COCA Communications Page
Can WSIB Increase Benefits and Employer Hold Premiums?
Our provincial government has proposed to increase loss of earnings (LOE) benefits paid to injured and sick workers by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) from the current level of 85% of net pre-injury earnings to 90% of net. To pass this increase into...
Employers Will Require Naloxone Kits and Trained Staff in June 2023
Employers Will Require Naloxone Kits and Trained Staff in June 2023 This article has been updated to include a January 2023 MLITSD Update, which can be found on the button at the bottom. Schedule 4 of Bill 88, An Act to Enact the Digital Platform Workers’ Rights...
Sanitary Conditions on Construction Sites
Sanitary Conditions on Construction Sites The attached advisory on Sanitary Conditions on Constructions Sites, developed by IHSA in collaboration with the Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council and COCA, reviews the risks of having poor sanitary...
Prompt Payment and Adjudication Fact Sheets
Prompt Payment and Adjudication rules took effect on Oct. 1, 2019, and apply to all construction projects, with few exceptions. COCA has developed resources for COCA’s members to share with their members. A comprehensive social media and marketing campaign to promote...
Ontario Launches Skilled Trades Career Fairs for Students
Today, Minister McNaughton announced new initiatives to tackle labour shortages and modernize skilled trade by launching career fairs this fall to attract young people to the skilled trades. Level Up! is a series of dynamic, multi-day career fairs highlighting the...
Ontario Budget August 2022
Ontario’s Minister of Finance, Peter Bethlenfalvy, delivered his 2022 budget following the Throne Speech on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 9th,It was essentially the same budget he introduced in the dying days of the last parliament that was never passed, save...
COCA 2022 Award Winners
COCA Honours Construction LeadersJune 2022 The Council of Ontario Construction Associations honoured construction industry leaders from across Ontario with the presentation of the Cliff Bulmer Award, the Construction Hard Hat Award, the Chair’s Award, and the...
COCA’s Six Month Report to The Membership
COCA's Six Month Report to the Membership is highlights some of the activities and accomplishments of your provincial construction federation. As in the past, I will provide this summary in two parts: 1) Government Relations; and 2) Association Initiatives
COCA’s 2022 Provincial Budget Highlights
PCs Will Campaign on Promises in Budget Shortly after 4:00 pm on the afternoon of Thursday, April 28th, Ontario’s Minister of Finance, Peter Bethlenfalvy, rose in the provincial legislature to deliver a speech outlining the government’s financial blueprint for...
COCA Bill 88 Submission
COCA’s submission regarding the amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act that are proposed in Schedule 4 of Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022.
COCA 2021 Year in Review
In 2021 we learned how resilient and resourceful we can be as individuals, organizations, industries, and communities. Every time the ground shifted, we all dug a little deeper into our reserves of energy and optimism. Together, we kept moving forward. After all,...
COCA PreBudget Submission
In order to build towards a brighter future for Ontario’s society and the economy as we transition past what we hope is the worst of the global pandemic, we strongly recommend the following measures be considered: Provide relief for contractors from pandemic related...