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UnderONTARIO SEWER AND WATERMAINgrounder CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION OSWCA President 7 Sam Morra

Executive Director 9 Giovanni Cautillo

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his summer OSWCA released As an association, we are pleased our landmark study, “Bringing that the three levels of government are sustainability to Ontario’s working together to help develop and “In addition to water systems” a retrospective construct “community capital projects providing our of where we were twenty five that address immediate drinking water, Tyears ago, as compared to where we are wastewater and stormwater needs that today. This timely study and its recom- will also foster economic growth and communities mendations call for enhanced and sus- support a cleaner and healthier environ- tained investment in infrastructure that ment for communities.” with safe, clean as all OSWCA members are well aware, “is too often out of sight and out of mind.” REALIZE YOUR POTENTIAL drinking water As an Association, we should be proud In addition to providing our com- that our study helped to persuade the munities with safe, clean drinking water and safe sewage provincial government to participate in and safe sewage treatments, the influx the recently announced Clean Water and of funding will help our members to treatments, the Wastewater Fund (CWWF). fully realize their potential in terms of In addition, the study has helped me expanding their businesses to meet this influx of funding to fulfill my promise to get back to our infrastructure demand. Association’s roots of increasing the level That allows our OSWCA members to will help our of awareness of water and sewage infra- contribute to the Industry Fund which structure issues. The province’s partici- helps us with advocacy and keeping the members to pation is first hand proof of OSWCA’s Association and our industry strong. In success in achieving this outcome. turn, this protects our communities’ fully realize their health and the environment. GOALS OF THE CWWF As a reminder: the CWWF timelines potential in terms As stated in the program material, the are tight, so it’s important as a sector “CWWF is designed to accelerate short- we move quickly to access this fund- of expanding term community investments, while ing. As the official material states, supporting the rehabilitation and mod- “projects must be complete with all their businesses ernization of drinking water, wastewater costs incurred prior to March 31, 2018. and storm water infrastructure, and the Where need is demonstrated, up to to meet this planning and design of future facilities 25 percent of costs can extend beyond and upgrades to existing systems.” March 31, 2018.” infrastructure It is our understanding that CWWF is not As always, if you have any comments a competitive process. Each municipality about issues that affect our indus- demand.” has been assigned a maximum allocation try, feel free to contact me directly at amount and may submit a project list for a [email protected] total funding request equal to that amount. OSWCA works! ■

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n September a bilateral agreement bring to our municipalities, our society was completed that will make more and our members. than $1.1 billion in combined funding available under the Clean Water WE ARE ON THE RADAR and Wastewater Fund (CWWF). OSWCA would like to thank the IThis is good news for our members – Ministers, and their staffs, of all levels of “The people of long awaited news – but there is a government for their foresight in making caveat. There is a deadline as to when the funds available and ensuring water Ontario deserve the funds must be spent. The capital and wastewater are part of their long-term works component of the projects must infrastructure plans. to know they be completed by March 31, 2018. As Mr. Chiarelli, Ontario Minister of Capital works are required as part of Infrastructure says, “The people of Ontario have clean water, every project and may include preced- deserve to know they have clean water, ing engineering stages, such as feasibil- clean lakes and rivers, and water manage- clean lakes and ity studies and detailed design work. ment systems they can trust each and every Regardless, the capital works must be day. The Clean Water and Wastewater Fund rivers, and water completed by March 31, 2018. will help maintain that trust by investing That’s why my message in this issue in municipalities. This announcement management of The Undergrounder is really a “call to today is an excellent example of the great action” to our members. This is a once in things we can accomplish when all three systems they can a generation opportunity. It’s imperative levels of government work together to we contact our municipalities immedi- build our communities up.” trust each and ately and open up discussions as to how Our motto, as an association, is “clean projects can be ramped up – so that the water is everybody’s business.” It is heart- every day.” funds are deployed to take advantage of ening that our governments are taking their availability. these critical steps to ensure that vital Our office has all the details as to how water and wastewater assets remain the CWWF works. We encourage you to a resource that is firmly on the radar contact us so that we may assist you in and will continue to be built and main- any way. We are excited about the bene- tained for the benefit of current and fits this new infrastructure program will future generations. ■

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e are in a very LEADING INTO THE 2018 of their $120 billion long-term infra- interesting time in PROVINCIAL ELECTION structure investment strategy. Funding the sewer and water- On September 14, the Government of will be split into three equal streams: main construction Ontario announced that it had reached Green Infrastructure (which includes sector in the province. an agreement with the federal govern- water and wastewater infrastructure); After decades of prioritizing investment on the newly announced Clean Public Transit/Transportation; and Social ments in social infrastructure (i.e. hos- Water and Wastewater Fund – an infra- Infrastructure. From these streams, mon- pitals, schools, community housing), structure fund dedicated to municipal ies will be allocated largely on a per federal, provincial, and municipal sewer and watermain rehabilitation pro- capita basis (where Ontario represents governments are beginning to shift jects. As part of the agreement, the prov- roughly 40% of the population), though focus towards “core” infrastructure ince and its municipalities each “found” there will be some flexibility built in to projects (sewers, watermains, roads an additional $270 million in new allow more direct routing of funds to and bridges). The timing of this shift investment monies over the next two municipalities based on need. Phase 2 is important, because the munici- years to complement the $570 million is also likely to be rolled out similar to pal “core” infrastructure deficit has that the federal government has ear- Phase 1 in that the federal government been expanding rapidly, as aging marked for Ontario through this Fund. will provide a percentage of funding infrastructure reaches the end of its The $1.1 billion in total funding is in for provincial or municipal projects, life-cycle. In the water and wastew- addition to the previously announced with the expectation that the province ater sector alone, the deficit is now investments through the Ontario and municipality kick in a matching estimated at $12.5 billion, which is Community Infrastructure Fund and share. While the “Green Infrastructure” simply too large to ignore any longer. the municipal capital programs for stream has yet to be defined, sewer and There is a general consensus at all sewer and watermain infrastructure. watermain infrastructure will feature levels of government that after dec- This is a profoundly important invest- prominently in the investment criteria. ades of being underfunded, the “core” ment, as it wipes out roughly 9% of the At the provincial level, the govern- infrastructure asset classes are in des- existing municipal water infrastructure ment is developing two long-term perate need of repair, rehabilitation, deficit; but it is only the first step. strategic plans that will shape how it and replacement. On the sewer and Sustained federal/provincial funding invests in infrastructure in the future. watermain side, all three levels of like this is necessary over the course of The Long-term Infrastructure Plan will government are beginning to better a decade to help municipalities climb determine provincial spending prior- coordinate their investments in under- out of this deficit position. ities are over the 2019-2029 period, ground infrastructure to curb growing while its Climate Adaptation Strategy incidents of combined sewer overflows, BEYOND 2018 will overlap with this plan, putting basement flooding, watermain breaks, Beyond the 2018-election timeline, in place special climate adaptation sink holes, among other issues. This is there are really interesting things hap- requirements on provincial funding to an important change, as all levels of pening around investment planning, help prioritize needed infrastructure government are now working to figure alternative project financing, full-cost upgrades. Given that the province’s out how to coordinate investment pri- recovery pricing, and regionalizing strategic infrastructure investments orities, standardize asset management local water system management for have shifted to “core” infrastructure plans, and develop alternate financing the sewer and watermain sector. assets over the last two years, that strategies to ensure that all necessary Federally, the Trudeau Liberals are asset management plans are being infrastructure is getting built. now designing Phase 2 (years 3-10) used to target investments towards the

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WHO WE ARE WHAT WE SUPPORT The OSWCA is a champion of environmental protection and best • Understanding the true full-cost of water and wastewater practices in safety and water system management. systems with a focus on sustainability plans. We have represented the sewer and watermain construction • Comprehensive system audits to determine the condition of industry in Ontario since 1971. underground infrastructure, life cycles and replacement costs. We represent over 750 companies across Ontario including • Over time, full-cost pricing in order to sustain water and contractors, manufacturers, distributors and consulting engineers. wastewater systems. Collectively, we perform billions of dollars in capital projects and • Metering water services to encourage water conservation residential development work each year to ensure clean, safe and long-term sustainability of water systems and resources. drinking water and environmentally responsible wastewater • Maintenance programs to reduce leakage rates and increase disposal. system efficiencies. • Dedicated financial reserves to upgrade and maintain healthy OUR MISSION systems. On behalf of our members, the OSWCA will champion the sewer and watermain industry to promote the delivery of clean water and • Adequate government financial resources dedicated over the safe wastewater management through advocacy, education and long-term to ensure sustainable systems. environmentally sustainable practices to enhance the quality of life • The elimination of cross connection of sanitary and storm sewers, for all Ontarians. We will foster health and safety, professionalism, contributing to keeping Ontario’s lakes and rivers clean. ethical practices, sound infrastructure investments, good governance and fiscal responsibility. MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS Industry Promotion: Build positive working relationships with OUR VISION politicians and bureaucrats at all levels of government. A strong To be Ontario’s champion of sustainable clean water and safe steady voice in order to adequately address policy decisions, sewage infrastructure. regulations and legislation affecting our industry. Industry Trends and Awareness: Keep members informed of SUPPORT FOR OUR CONTRACTORS relevant proposed legislation and regulatory changes affecting • Strengthening the industry’s voice by participating or chairing our industry. construction advisory groups at the WSIB, MOL, College of Industry Relations: Liaise with other construction associations Trades, and Infrastructure Ontario. on matters of mutual concern. • Lobbying the government to prioritize investment in core Safety Program: Working closely with WSIB and other agencies to infrastructure as part of the municipal asset management support, foster and promote safe workplace practices, maximize process and making provincial investments for municipal savings to our members and develop safety procedures. projects contingent on this. Education Program: Encourage educators and students to seek • Moving forward on exemptions and electronic registration out careers in the sewer and watermain industry through annual for Permits to Take Water on certain construction activities. scholarship programs, bursaries, and through OCCA. Offer CCAs • Enhancing our labour force through continuing education Gold Seal Certification program. programs (including a review and renewal of Gold Seal), and Theft Prevention Program: Disseminate information to our working to grow our future workforce by promoting careers members and recommend risk management and equipment/ in heavy construction through OCCA. material theft prevention measures. Through our theft prevention • Addressing industry concerns at the Ministries of Labour, consultant, liaise with police enforcement agencies regarding Environment, Municipal Affairs and Housing, Infrastructure, equipment theft. Transportation, as well as the WSIB and College of Trades Networking Opportunities: Host special events and activities (among others), with the goal of limiting cost increases and designed to provide networking opportunities for our members. regulation sprawl. Represent our industry at conferences and political events, and • Working with government to improve the construction payment bring a unified voice to working groups and roundtables. process in the province. $1.1 Billion Available to Address Ontario’s Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Deficit By James Careless

1.1 billion: That is how fund,” said Giovanni Cautillo, Ontario The good news: The province of much money is now avail- Sewer & Watermain Construction Ontario finalized an agreement able for water and wastew- Association (OSWCA) executive dir- with the federal government on ater infrastructure projects ector. “Here’s the math: The allocation September 14, 2016, confirming $in Ontario under the fed- is 50% federal/25% provincial/25% Ontario’s commitment to jointly eral government’s Clean Water and municipal funding formula, Ottawa providing money for CWWF-eligible Wastewater Fund (CWWF) – as long is putting up $570 million under the water/wastewater infrastructure pro- as those projects are completed by CWWF. The province of Ontario has jects. (The province’s share consists March 31, 2018. agreed to put up another $270 million, of new, unallocated funds that are “To be precise, $1.1 billion is what you and municipalities who apply for and in addition to those being paid out get after calculating Ontario’s share of receive this funding have to put up the to municipalities under the Ontario the $2 billion Ottawa allocated to this remaining 25%.” Community Infrastructure Fund.)

16 • The Undergrounder / Winter 2017 “The City of Greater Sudbury would like to over time, as municipalities file more applications. thank the Government of Canada and Ontario The eligible projects include the City of Barrie’s Sanitary Servicing Project for this much-needed investment of more due to start January 1, 2017 ($5,950,000 federal funding/$2,975,000 provincial); than $10.5 million (Sudbury has 17 of the the City of Greater Sudbury’s Spruce Street watermain upgrade scheduled 41 CWWF-eligible projects mentioned in the to have started on November 1, 2016 ($2,128,000 federal/$1,064,000 prov- OSWCA Member Bulletin) in our community incial), and the City of Toronto’s Esroc Quay Lake Filling and Naturalization through the clean water and wastewater fund,” that was scheduled to start October 1, 2016 ($32,500,000 federal/$16,250,000 said Greater Sudbury Mayor Brian Bigger. provincial). The full list can be down- loaded at www.oswca.org. Not surprisingly, Ontario munici- “The people of Ontario deserve to Better yet – given the ticking clock on palities who are recipients of CWWF/ know they have clean water, clean this funding – the province of Ontario Ontario funds are vocally happy about lakes and rivers, and water manage- has already identified 41 projects that the news. “The City of Greater Sudbury ment systems they can trust each are eligible for CWWF money. “The would like to thank the Government and every day,” said Bob Chiarelli, list includes a number of projects in of Canada and Ontario for this much- Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure. Toronto, Barrie, Brampton, Sudbury, needed investment of more than “The Clean Water and Wastewater Guelph, and Waterloo amongst other $10.5 million (Sudbury has 17 of the Fund will help maintain that trust areas,” said a OSWCA Member Bulletin 41 CWWF-eligible projects mentioned by investing in municipalities. that was sent out right after the prov- in the OSWCA Member Bulletin) in This announcement is an excellent ince made its CWWF announcement our community through the clean example of the great things we can in September 2016. water and wastewater fund,” said accomplish when all three levels of The OSWCA bulletin included Greater Sudbury Mayor Brian Bigger. government work together to build details on the first 41 CWWF-eligible “This investment in our community our communities up.” projects. More are expected to be added shows strong leadership on the part of

The Undergrounder / Winter 2017 • 17 our MPs, Paul Lefebvre and Marc Serré, money runs out, nor be addressed fully “The CWWF funding and our MPP, Glenn Thibeault, who when Ottawa provides Phase 2 funding continually advocate for us.” for the CWWF in the future – unless should only be the OSWCA executive director Cautillo that funding is ongoing, reliable, and shares Mayor Bigger’s enthusiasm, but substantial on a long term basis.” beginning of the only up to a point. “The CWWF money Although the OSWCA is happy with is a good start to addressing the water the overall direction from the gov- rebirth of Canada’s and wastewater infrastructure deficit ernment, they are not easing up on in Ontario, and across the country,” its lobbying efforts with all levels of water and wastewater he said. “But we can’t lose sight of the government, to keep up the pressure fact that it is only a start: The infra- for sustained infrastructure renewal infrastructure; not a structure problems that we are grap- funding as a regular, predictable fea- pling with won’t disappear when this ture of public funding. quick fix that won’t have to be repeated,” said Giovanni Cautillo.

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824941_Groundwater.indd18 • The Undergrounder 1 / Winter 2017 29/08/16 11:20 PM budget) and having a water regulator Although OSWCA’s Cautillo is established in Ontario to ensure that grateful for Manahan’s kind words, this sector is sustainably financed. “there is still much more work to The OSWCA’s lobbying efforts have do to effectively address Ontario’s not gone unnoticed: “I commend the water and wastewater infra- association for its ongoing advocacy structure,” he said. “The current efforts on the importance of increas- wave of CWWF/Ontario funding is ing investments for water and waste- indeed good news, but only time water,” said Andy Manahan, Executive will tell if it is the start of govern- Director of the Residential and Civil ment finally getting a grasp on this Construction Alliance of Ontario. problem for good, or just a stop- “The province has clearly heard the gap that doesn’t address the under- message321341_Crowle.qxd loud and clear.” 4/30/07 11:56 AMlying issues.” Page 1 ■

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he sunny city of Barcelona, To deal in a responsible manner succeeds, this task will become far eas- Spain has an average with such overflows of rainwater, ier and hassle-free. of just 55 ‘precipitation Barcelona has recently built 13 giant The reason: As part of as SAGB test days’, and receives less underground water retention tanks. project being staged in Barcelona’s than 25 inches (640 mm) At present, the city has to send work- water retention pools, “unmanned Tof rain annually. But when it does ers underground to inspect the pools aerial vehicles have been taking on the rain in Barcelona, it can pour; over- and piping; an approach that takes task, steered remotely by an operator whelming the city’s combined rain- time and potentially some degree watching a feed from the drone’s cam- water/storm water sewage system and of discomfort. However, if a project eras as they pilot it through the pipes,” resulting in raw sewage being released being spearheaded by Spain’s Sociedad reported www.CNET.com. “It’s a dirty into the environment. General de Aguas de Barcelona (SAGB) job, but somebody’s got to do it – and

The Undergrounder / Winter 2017 • 21 with a drone’s help, a worker can do wastewater treatment plant, which is The use of drones and it without even stepping into a pair being used to created highly accurate of wellies.” 3D-models of the site. robots both above In Methuen, Massachusetts, the “We worked as a subcontractor for a Haverhill Wastewater Treatment Plant company that Haverhill hired to start and inside pipelines recently employed a drone to survey doing some preliminary design work its property, as part of research into and develop some preliminary informa- and sewer systems upgrading the facility. To do the job, tion on how they could upgrade their the plant used an eight-propeller, system,” said James E. Henley, Civil will help water high definition camera-equipped Design Consultants’ president, as inter- drone owned and operated by Civil viewed by the Eagle-Tribune newspaper. authorities identify Design Consultants. It shot thou- Using these drone-captured photos, sands of detailed overhead shots of the “you’re going to get an aerial view of problems accurately and deal with them immediately; saving substantial money, human resources, and user inconvenience in the process.

all of their processing equipment that you have on that 30 acre site,” he said. Meanwhile, in Holland, the Cat® GRADE#ONTROLFOr EXcavatOrs puts the grADe checkerin the cab with Rotterdam Port Authority (RPA)is tak- real TIMEBUCKETTIPELEVATIOn guiDance tO helpYOu staYONgraDe anD ing a pro-active, high-tech approach reacHTARGETGRADEFASTVisual guiDance helPSYOU wORkMOre prODUctively to clearing floating debris using the anD accurately, anDAchieve cOnsistent graDes anDSlOpes with ease. ‘Waste Shark’ boat-based drone. “The device, which is the size of a passenger PRODUCTIVITY / EFFICIENCY TRADITIONALL EXEXCEXCXCAVATING car, has an ‘open mouth’ that is located s"OOst pRODuctivity up TO 35% at 35 centimetres (14 inches) below the water surface used to remove up to sWOrk cOnfiDently, withOUt guessWOrk 500 kilos (1100 lbs) of waste from the sWOrk efficiently, every pass water,” said www.porttechnology.org. EXCCAVATINGT G WITWWIITITH GR RADEAADDDEE CONTCONCONTONO TROLROROL s-Inimize site cOSts, wORK safely “The waste is then processed.” s-Aintain accuracy acrOSSthe jObsite At press time, the RPA is putting four s%XtenDthe wOrk DAy Waste Sharks through their paces dur- s)NCRease machine versatility ing a six month trial. One can imagine how such a system could be employed A whOle new wORlDOf prODUctivity with Cat 'RADE Assist to clean up large floating waste in both ItDOesn’t just guIDe the prOcess; it autOMates it. Just set the graDe, drinking water intake areas and sew- push the buttOn anDwatch the wOrk get DONe— quickly anD accurately. age holding ponds. It makes graDINGSOEASYANOperatOR can DO it with ONE hanD almOst These are just some of the water twice as fASTASSOMEONEusing traDItIOnal mETHODs. !ND because it’s and wastewater applications being a 2D systeM YOUDOn’t have tO reLYOn GPS. 5PGRADE TO 3D when yOU’re developed for drones and similar READy, but FOr nOw, take this simple step FORWARD AND OPEN up a wHOle robotic devices. “Frankly, the poten- new wORLDOf pRODUctivity. tial of this technology to improve the ways we maintain and repair pipelines and sewers cannot be overstated,” said Giovanni Cautillo, Ontario Sewer & www.toromontcat.com Watermain Construction Association (OSWCA) executive director. “The use

798586_Toromont.indd22 • The Undergrounder 1 / Winter 2017 2/27/16 6:27 AM A few cool features: This technology action inspecting a 42 inch/1050 mm has dual tracks can be changed out sewer forcemain in Ontario, go to depending on the pipe type and http://pure.nobulmedia.com/media/ expanded for larger diameter pipes. news-and-articles/sewer-force-main- The unit itself can travel up to 85 feet/ inspection-robotics.) minute (26 metres/minute) to push “This is just one drone/robotic tool through inspections when time is that can and will change how we tight, and the video from the trans- inspect and service water/wastewater porter’s camera can be viewed in pipelines and facilities in Ontario,” real-time inside the unit’s portable said Cautillo. “But to ensure that our command trailer, which is equipped industry and customers get the most with three integrated monitors for out of this technology, we need to detailed analysis. (To see this unit in get out in front of it fast. This means

of drones and robots both above and inside pipelines and sewer systems will help water authorities identify problems accurately and deal with them immediately; saving substantial money, human resources, and user inconvenience in the process.” The PureRobotics’ Pipeline INTEGRATED Inspection System illustrates the possi- bilities of such an approach. This is FRAME & a remotely-controlled, dual-tracked COVER inspection robot that can perform a SYSTEM number of inspection tasks in both dewatered and flooded pipelines, up to a distance of 2.9 kilometres from its access point into the pipeline. This dual-tracked ‘transporter’ is connected to the user by a high-strength, fibre optic cable. B The transporter can be equipped • No more weak grade rings A A with a range of user-selected modular • 3UHYHQWVLQƮRZ LQƬOWUDWLRQ tools. They can include a high definition digital pan-tilt-zoom closed cir- • High strength engineered grout B cuit television (CCTV) for live video • 4XLFNDQGHDV\LQVWDOODWLRQ DGMXVWPHQW streams; a high speed pipe-profiling • 6XEVWDQWLDOURDGPDLQWHQDQFHFRVWUHGXFWLRQ SONAR to measure the pipeline’s

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818060_DECAST.indd 1 The Undergrounder / Winter05/08/16 2017 • 23 2:57 pm actively seeking out such solutions and rebuilding budgets on predictive algo- using them; getting involved with the rithms and past performance. They developers of drone/robotic technol- can now find out exactly how their ogy to alert them to our needs, and pipelines are doing through regular doing what we can to shape the evo- inspections that catch deterioration lution of this new approach.” before it becomes serious and expen- The implications of drones and sive to fix. robots go beyond the immediacy and In turn, doing pipeline repairs when accurate data they provide to water they are first needed could significantly and wastewater maintenance engin- reduce the cost and inconvenience eers. For instance, no longer do water associated with waiting until systems management agencies have to plan fail and require excavation. To put it their upcoming maintenance and mildly, this is a costly and inconvenient The drone is a Yuneec Typhoon Q500+ equipped with a 4k camera.

approach that disrupts whatever is hap- EQUIPMENT RENTALS SALES SERVICE pening above the pipeline system. “Imagine a world where watermain and sewer pipeline breaks are reduced,” Cautillo said. “Every time you can prevent a watermain break through advanced inspection and maintenance technologies such as drones and robots, the damage, expense and disruption you can prevent to the system and property can save millions for everyone potentially affected. At a time where billions of dollars are needed for unavoidable infrastructure repair and replacement, anything you can do to prevent further expenditures is priceless.” Meanwhile, as the Haverhill Waste water Treatment Plant aerial survey illustrates, being able to do site inspections using a camera-equipped drone is far faster, less costly, and more

792584_CRS.indd 1 3/18/16 2:08 AMaccurate than doing it using conven- tional human survey teams. Add the ability for water agencies to do aerial rentals r service r sales surveys to detect the structural integ- 1r800r667r7467 rity and leakage level of pipelines using unmanned aircraft – especially after ZZZGLUHFWHTXLSPHQWFD natural disasters – and drones/robotics are the logical ‘Next Big Thing’ for the water and wastewater construction trench safety equipment and management industries to adopt. “There is no doubt that drones and trench boxes r slide rail robotic technologies have the poten- hydraulic shores r lasers tial to transform how OSWCA mem- pipe plugs r road plates bers and their clients build, maintain, traffic signs r stone savers and upgrade their water and wastew- equipment accessories ater facilities,” said Giovanni Cautillo. crane truck delivery “It is in our industry’s best interest to 3UR%UDFH site specific engineering actively pursue and use whatever such solutions are available today, and to “Distributor of Speciality Shoring and Underground Contractor Equipment.” influence what products are developed in the future.”■

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was a corporate restructuring, resulting (b) discipline or suspend or threaten in a division of supervision within his to discipline or suspend a worker; department; different supervisors were (c) impose any penalty upon a worker; assigned to different roles. Mr. Dionne or took exception to this reassignment (d) intimidate or coerce a worker,” of supervision. He asserted that his because the worker has acted in new supervisors were not competent, compliance with this Act or the regu- resulting in a vague references that lations or an order made thereunder, there were workplace safety concerns. has sought the enforcement of this Mr. Dionne also asserted that his Act or the regulations or has given supervisor was not competent to evidence in a proceeding in respect criticize his performance and that of the enforcement of this Act or the the supervisor lack knowledge of the regulations or in an inquest under the skill required to do the job. He refer- Coroners Act.” enced in his complaint that the OHSA Mr. Dionne argued that since sec- required that all supervisors must be tion 50 of the OHSA establishes a “competent persons”. The term is reverse onus, the employer had an defined in the OHSA as follows: onus to prove that it did not contra- “ ‘competent person’ means a per- vene the OHSA when it restructured n an important decision of son who, the company, affecting his employ- the Ontario Labour Relations (a) is qualified because of knowledge, ment status, his reporting obligations Board (“the Board”), a worker training and experience to organ- and who he had to report to. Although complaining about a corpor- ize the work and its performance, the Board accepted that the provision ate restructuring and resulting (b) is familiar with this Act and the did provide a reverse onus, the onus Ichanges in his supervision could not regulations that apply to the would only apply if the prima facie rely upon the anti-reprisal provi- work, and was made out by the complainant. sions of the Occupational Health and (c) has knowledge of any potential or Therefore, the Board had to determine Safety Act (“OHSA”). In the decision of actual danger to health or safety if there was evidence of a safety related McLean Engineering1 the Board held in the workplace.” reprisal against Mr. Dionne. that the applicants complaint was Mr. Dionne then filed a complaint The Board reviewed the evidence not about health and safety per se, with the Board alleging a contraven- of the complainant and indicated but rather a corporate restructur- tion of section 50 of the OHSA. That that the corporate restructuring ing, change in job classification and provision reads as follow: did have an impact on Mr. Dionne. human resources concerns. “50. (1) No employer or person act- However, it was more related to his The applicant, Mr. Dionne, worked ing on behalf of an employer shall, attitude towards his new supervisor, in the electrical sub assembly depart- (a) dismiss or threaten to dismiss a and the restructured corporation. ment at McLean Engineering. There worker; Further, the evidence indicated that

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26 The Undergrounder / Winter 2017 699182_Aquablast.indd• 1 7/11/14 1:57821136_Masters.indd AM 1 7/15/16 1:25 PM Mr. Dionne had been the subject of the act.”2 In other words, there must Employer must still be cautious and discipline for attendance issues, and be a clear and substantial safety issue not ignore the powerful remedy that his ability to complete his work assign- at play to support a s. 50 reprisal com- is provided to workers under s. 50 of ments on time. Mr. Dionne responded plaint before the Board. the OHSA. We would advise employers to his poor performance review by In the result, the Board held that a proper and thorough inves- alleging that his supervisor was not that Mr. Dionne’s dispute with his tigation of any alleged health and “competent” to assess his performance employer, McLean Engineering, was in safety issues be conducted. Using an at work. relation to the corporate restructuring, independent investigator will add The Board held that although the new supervisors, and his own work- objectivity to the assessment of a real OHSA does provide a specific defin- place performance, rather than work- and substantial safety issue. This case ition for a supervisor and also requires place health and safety. Therefore, the confirms that an employer’s object- that a supervisor be a “competent” Board held that this was not a proper ive determination is that there is no person, it must be interpreted in the complaint under section 50 of the workplace health and safety issue context of the purpose of the legis- OHSA, and dismissed Mr. Dionne’s relating to a particular employee, it lation. The OHSA relates to workplace reprisal application. will not be constrained by the sec- safety and not supervision generally, This decision is helpful to employ- tion 50 reverse onus, if there is no when it requires a supervisor to be a ers who find themselves dealing real safety issue in dispute. The OHSA competent person. with employee or human resources does not constrain employers from However, the Board did not accept challenges that have been inappro- corporate restructuring, appropri- that the substance of Mr. Dionne’s priately raised or characterized as ate management decisions and even complaint was that his supervisor was health and safety issues. Although disciplinary action if it is not based not a “competent supervisor” for the the OHSA will be given broad appli- on anti-safety motives. ■ purposes of the OHSA. In other words, cation and interpretation, it should there was no clear or discreet safety not be misused for a human resour- REFERENCES issue arising from Mr. Dionne’s com- ces related or other complaint. The 1. Gean (John) Dionne v. MacLean Engineering, decision of the Ontario Labour Relations plaint. The Board went on to say, “an Board’s decision characterized the Board, dated July 14, 2006, Paula Turtle, applicant under section 50 cannot trig- conduct in question is other than Vice Chair. ger its application simply by invoking workplace safety related. 2. Ibid., para 35.

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