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  • Feedback Required: Electronic Tracing / Tracking / Timekeeping Apps in Construction

    30/07/2020
    The OSWCA is seeking your feedback via a very short, anonymous survey regarding the use of electronic tracing / time...

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  • IHSA Strategic Plan - Provide Your Feedback

    30/07/2020
    The IHSA has launched consultation on its next strategic plan, which is set to take effect in 2021. They are looking...

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News

  • New Rules Governing Excess Soil

    19/12/2019
    After a number of years in development, the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) have announced that...

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  • WierFoulds Construction Act Presentation

    05/12/2019
    Prompt Payment and Adjudication –the New Construction Act Presentation for GTSWCA (November 12, 2019)

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  • Supporting Ontario’s Safe Employers: OHSMS Accreditation

    28/11/2019
    On November 22, 2019, the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development announced its Occupation Health and...

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  • New Process for Registering Late Locates

    30/10/2019
    The www.latelocates.ca website has been shut down, following its recent blacklisting by Ontario One Call from lodging...

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  • Ontario’s New Construction Act Breakfast Seminar

    21/10/2019
    The second, and final, phase of amendments forming the Construction Act took effect on October 1, 2019 – giving us...

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  • Upcoming Changes Coming to WSIB – 2020 Rates Released

    04/10/2019
    By now you should have received a letter via regular mail from the WSIB advising you of your company's 2020 premium...

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  • What You Need To Know About Ontario’s New Construction Act: October 1, 2019

    01/10/2019
    With the second phase of amendments coming into force October 1, 2019, the GTSWCA has had a guidance document prepared...

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  • WSIB Premium Rates for 2020

    26/09/2019
    The WSIB announced that the average premium rate for the new rate class of Infrastructure Construction (G2), where most...

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  • New WSIB Rate Framework - Breakfast Seminar

    06/09/2019
    The GTSWCA will be hosting a Breakfast Seminar on Tuesday, October 8 on the new WSIB Rate Framework coming into effect...

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  • CCA Carbon Tax Update

    14/08/2019
    The OSWCA has been diligently pursuing the CCA to obtain a legal opinion on the federal carbon tax. See the attachment...

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  • 2020 OSWCA CONFERENCE

    04/08/2019
    Mark your calendars... The 2020 OSWCA conference will take place at Blue Mountain Resort from February 9 –...

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  • Update on Open Tendering

    24/07/2019
    On July 3rd, the window officially closed for municipalities to formally indicate to the Ministry of Labour their...

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  • Upcoming Changes to Your WSIB Account and Rates

    03/07/2019
    By now the WSIB should have been in contact with you to advise you of your company's North American Industry...

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  • Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems – ISO and COR

    03/07/2019
    Construction industry participants are now beginning to see the effects of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade...

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  • Ministry of Transportation - Recent amendments to Ontario Regulation 413/05, Vehicle Weights and Dimensions (VWD) for Safe, Productive, and Infrastructure-Friendly (SPIF) Vehicles

    03/07/2019

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  • Late Locates - www.latelocates.ca

    03/07/2019
    Construction season is in full swing, and with it comes the continuing issues with late locates. Locates are to be...

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  • CANECT Environmental Compliance & Due Diligence Training Event

    21/03/2019
    Water & Wastewater Regulation and Compliance 2019 Course - May 9 with Guest Speaker Giovanni Cautillo, OSWCA...

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  • Provincial Education Reforms Include a Renewed Focus on Accessing Careers in the Skilled Trades

    20/03/2019
    On March 15, the Minister of Education Lisa Thompson provided a first look at the government's education reform plans...

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  • OSWCA Submission to the Ministry of Infrastructure’s Consultation on Infrastructure Delivery

    25/02/2019
    Our submission makes the case for why the province needs to move forward with mandating full-cost recovery for...

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  • Construction Act: Proposed Amendments to Regulations - 2019 Forms

    25/02/2019

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  • IMPORTANT NOTICE: Certified Trades Must Pay 2019 License Fee to College of Trades

    12/02/2019
    Annual licensing fee for all certified trades must still be paid to the College in 2019. The College is going to be...

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  • SEEKING YOUR SUPPORT - Fill out the attached form letter and email to the Premier in support of Bill 66

    08/02/2019
    We are encouraging members to fill out the attached letter in support of the passage of Bill 66, which includes...

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  • WSIB Rate Framework Modernization - Coming Soon

    04/02/2019
    Beginning in January 2020, the WSIB rate setting system will be undergoing a significant transition, as the Rate...

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  • OSTA Proposal for Closing the Skills Gap in the Province

    30/01/2019
    Following the announcement that the government was shuttering the Ontario college of Trades, the Ontario Skilled Trades...

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  • OSWCA Pre-Budget Submission

    30/01/2019
    As part of the Ford Government's outreach on its 2019 Budget, OSWCA has provided the following proposal, which makes...

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  • Official Annual General Meeting Notice

    30/01/2019

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