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INFRASTRUCTURE TRADE, PROSPERITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Trade supports 53 per cent of Manitoba’s economy — that’s some $37 billion worth of “business.” • About 240,000 direct and indirect jobs in Manitoba are tied to trade • Western Canada is 32% of Canada’s population yet contributes 37% of Canada’s exports • Our region needs a Trade Team West initiative to seize new trade opportunities • $1 of public investment in transportation infrastructure returns about $1.30 to Manitoba’s GDP

Manitoba: a trade gateway

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Celebrating 75 GROUNDBREAKING years in 2018 TOUGH CITY BUDGET, BUT LET’S APPLAUD, CONTINUETAKING THESAFET WORKYFROM GOODTO GREAT BY CHRIS LORENCBUILDING ON INDUSTRYSUCCESS

BY PATST. GERMAIN The multi-year balanced budget was a feat. It was a painful fthere’s asecrettoshaping astrongculture of eCOR™(Certicate of Recognition)safety but productivesafety,i exerciset’sthis: erea thatre no se fullycrets. illustratedprogr amthehas city’sbecome an industry standard.Currently, Sharinginformation is keytosuccess, and about 75 percentofManitoba’sheavy construction challenges,th andeheavy thecons needtruction toindu prioritizestry is unique ininvestment,companies areC notOR™-cer tied.Lee wouldliketosee thIat itsmembers arewillingtocollaborate, says Gord theindustryitselfmoveitupwards of 90 percent. Accurate HD safety coordinator Marc Rodrigue reviewssafetylogs. PhotobyDARCY FINLEY spending,Lee, preinsiden coretofN services.elsonRiverConstruction. “You actonsafetybecauseit’sthe rightthing to “Whateveryou’vedonereallywellinyour do andifyou have astrongmoral compass,whichI hazard assessments rst thinginthe morningand “Because we allhavetoworkalongside each other owncompany,you’rehappy to shareitwithyour believe most of theemployers in ourindustrydo. It’s reassessingpotential hazardsthroughout theday. andifeverybodyisheldtothe same standardsthat What I saw play out was a rigorous exercise in competitor so that they don’t nd themselves in a good fortheir people,it’sgood fortheir companyand “Someone mightnotice atreewithabigwaspnest willhelptakesafety from good to great.” discipline – tough choices, innovative solutions, predicamentthatyou couldhaveotherwise helped it’s theresponsible thingtodo.” later,”hesays. Earlier this year,HughMunroinitiated a an honest engagement with constituents who them with,” Leesays. Inspired by thebook Good to Great: WhySome “In thelastyearwehavehad twoemployees Behaviour-BasedSafety (BBS) program as an expressed ardent and competing positions on a “It’sjustamazingthe cooperation youget on CompaniesMakethe Leap …and Others Don’t, workingfor us that were highlyallergictobee incentive to encourage workerstofocus on safety wide array of services. safety from people whocould be your most erce by American businessconsultantJim Collins, the stings… thosethings also have to be broughtupto behaviours,bothgood andbad.Workers ll out e multi-year balanced budget was a feat. It competitor. ey’requite open about what they’re ManitobaHeavy Construction Association(MHCA) thecrew.” cardsand submit them in aballot box, with the was a painful but productive exercise that fully doingtobesafety-mindedand youreciprocate.” is lookingatwaystoapply Collins’ analyses to raising When in doubt, Rodrigue calls upon optiontobeentered in adrawfor small prizes,or illustrated the city’s challenges, and the need At Nelson RiverConstruction, successrests on thesafetybar. at meansadheringtocore values, WORKSAFELY™ sta andother companies for remain anonymous. to prioritize investment, not spending, in core promotingasenseof“internal responsibility” as maintainingfocus andtakingactionbecauseit’sa advice,and he’s happytoreturnthe favour. Reported behaviours might be anythingfrom services. well as maintainingalonghistoryofcorporate responsibility,not ajob. Goodhas been with Hugh MunroConstruction noting that an equipmentoperatorfailedtouse Not everyone ended in a happy place with the responsibility. e rst stepistohavethe rightpeopleinthe right formorethan30years,and since 2010, he has been three-point contactwhileclimbingo amachine, to 2020 budget; has that ever been the case? “Internal responsibility means that safety always place.PeoplelikeHughMunroConstructionsafety teachingsafety in formal classroomand workshop acknowledgingaworkerwho droveatasafespeed How did street repairs fare? ere will be starts with theindividual,”Lee says. “Eachofushas coordinator BrentGood andAccurate HD safety settings as well as in the eld. throughajob site. small cuts in the rst three years and larger ones aresponsibilitytoact safely forour ownsakeand so coordinator Marc Rodrigue. “If you’re workingwithasubcontractorwho isn’t, ereports arenot used forpunitive response but in the 4th and 5th years. In six years, the total we don’tbring harm to thepersonnext to youoreven eMHCAwas amongeight organizations that say, up to parontheir safety,wewould make sure rather as valuable feedback.Good has used some reduction is $30 million. at’s hard to take. outside of your group.” presented awards at theinauguralSafetys, co-hosted to help them out,givethemsomeguidance, make issues in histoolbox talks. But, digging into the details shows just how Leesaysseniormanagementhas always provided by SAFE Work Manitoba in September. Rodrigue them awareofthings they should have in their Loo says theopencommunicationcontributes to a unequivocalsupport forsafetyinitiatives. hard the decisionsreceive dtwerehe forrst council’sMHCA BudgetWORKSAFELY™ safety safety program.” cultureofsafety from thetop to bottom. “It’salwayssafety rst,productionsWorkingecond. Group.I leader award. Hugh Munrogeneralmanager WayneLoo says it Rather than laying blame, thecompany uses remember back rightfrom theearliestdays, 30 eyears street repairAlon budgetgwit hpwasro badlyvidin impairedgsafety or byien tation fornew benets everyone to helpsmaller companies bridge incidents forlearningpurposes, andsharesthat ago, when Iwas workingpart-time here,saftheetya provinciallways wo government’srkers, WORKSAFELY™ withdrawal intr 2018ainin gsessionsand anysafetygapsand increase baselineknowledge information with others. took precedence at Nelson RiverConstructifromon.” a long-standing“toolbox ”troadsalk fundings, Rodrigue agreement. conducts inspections throughout theindustry. “Sharing what’s been successful andnot successful In theearly days, only afew in theindusIntr response,yreally councilto ensu lastre ev yeareryo allottedne on aj aboutob si $40te is in compliance “ ebestthingwecan do as an industry is make forcompanies is notgoing to create anyunfair paid attentiontothatelementofoperationmillions, Leesay froms. wia one-timeth safety protfederalocol tops—e upve ofry gas-thingfrom wearing sure that everybodyworkiTheng 2020in th isWinnipegindustry localis streetadva ntrepairagec budgetompetiti wasve ed helpedge to throughcontracto borrowingrs.It’sall Chris Lorenc“Today ev iseryb theodyt presidenthinks about it.” tax revenues peforrs municipalities.onal protectio neBut quthisipm year’senttoc onducting gettingtothe same standardsand levels,” he says. leadingtogrowth.” ❱❱❱ Colin Corneau photo $20-million tranche became the focus of a of the Manitoba Heavy pitched battle among councillors as some saw it Construction Association as a resource to stave o cuts in other programs. Further, last year council decided to use the revenues from the 2% annual tax that was e’ve heard the clichés about dedicated to street repairs to help fund bridges the torturedMa processnitoba of – a risky’s precedent.largest Sure enough, this year some budget writing. I think Mayor councillors called to open that revenue source Specializing in Brian Bowman, his council more broadly to fund other services. •Asphalt Paving/Concrete Paving Wcolleagues and thean administrationdm wouldost have dependablSo that’s just some idea how hard the ghte was had way more fun stu ng sausage casings this for Mayor Brian Bowman and Finance Chair •Site Development year. Scott Gillingham, supported by a number of City council and administration pulled o a councillors who also recognize reinvestment •Sewer &Water Services remarkable achievementDu with the 2020-2023st Coin local andnt regional streetsro as a ltop priority, •Diamond Grinding Operating and Capital Budget, approved March re ecting the perennial views of Winnipeggers. 20. In the end, street repair budgets were cut. And First, revenues are stretched, as with most the $20 million in gas-tax revenues originally years. City administration was Prtasked withov taggedide for use in 2020r was re-directed; council capping operating budgets and reducing capital back lled the hole by borrowing $20 million, expenditures to balance the budget, as is required to be repaid by taking $1 million from the local by provincial legislation every year. street reserves over 30 years. Administration came backfo with somer2 tough 7Years cuts for council. Maybe this happens every year, you say? Yes, Hard to swallow, yes. but this year, the dra and redra tug-of-war e MHCA ultimately supported the 2020 was done in full view of the public. budget. And we congratulated city council on Last year, council adopted a new budget its accomplishment in producing a tough but process for greater transparency, exposing reasoned nancial blueprint. these di cult decisions and negotiations to e MHCA also told council, however, that all Winnipeggers. And Winnipeggers engaged we will continue to advocate for restoration of in droves as various groups, associations, budget levels in the years coming and called on businesses and individuals turned out to push Winnipeg to lead municipalities to advocate back or o er advice. Councillors’ phones and for a better deal with the province and federal email boxes were lit up. government for cost-sharing of expensive, core And further, city council didn’t just produce infrastructure. one year’s budget – but four, balancing each one Winnipeg alone faces an infrastructure of them. at’s a rst for Winnipeg’s council and investment de cit of $6.9 billion, just under half neither the provincial nor federal government of which is for streets, roads, bridges, and sewer do anything similar. and water. As a 29-year association president and a To address the revenue problem, the MHCA COR Certiﬁed former city councillor (9 years), I am impressed. made four recommendations to city council:

• ask the administration to update the plan to achieve long-term sustainable funding for local and regional streets, and a parallel strategy for the city’s bridges.

• press Manitoba to renew the ﬁ ve-year roads funding agreement that recognized the need for support and meaningful provincial investment in Gold Seal Employer the city’s transportation infrastructure.

• rally Winnipeggers to demand of Broadway a review of the roles and a responsible sharing of the funding burden between Manitoba’s municipalities and the province, and by extension Ottawa.

• press Ottawa to permanently double the gas-tax fund revenues shared with municipalities. It made sense last year; the need is no less today.

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WINNIPEG’S BALANCED BUDGET A BUFFER FROM COVID-19 COSTS

BY SCOTT GILLINGHAM

de cits by eliminating them today. in regional and local road renewal. In Winnipeg is in line now with several 2020, the city will invest a total of $130.3 Canadian municipalities that have adopted million in roads, the highest annual multiyear budgets, which is considered level of investment in our city’s history. best practice by the Government Finance A projected total of almost $847 million O cers Association. (an average $141 million per year) will e 2020-2023 multiyear budget be invested in regional and local road process began with goals of investing in renewals over the next 6 years, resulting priority services, controlling expenses in approximately 900 lane-kilometres of and seizing the opportunity for road, back lane and sidewalk renewals. transformative change in key areas. I e 2020-2023 multiyear balanced believe the adopted multiyear balanced budget also aims to control expenses. budget achieves those goals. With property tax increases limited to Balancing multiple budget years 2.33% in each of the next four years and forced city council to take a longer-term dedicated to infrastructure investment, City council has to think about what are its ‘core’ services view of Winnipeg’s revenues, expenses revenues are limited and therefore Colin Corneau photo and service-level needs. It also required expenditure control is critical to council to consider what services are core balancing multiple budgets. With limited and fortuitous, the adoption of the 2020- their municipal tax bill in 2020 than to the city’s mandate. revenues, di cult choices had to be 2023 multiyear balanced budget may they paid in 2019. If council had raised prove timely. By doing the hard work property taxes by 6% or more (as many Coun. Scott Gillingham is the e City of Winnipeg delivers and made. Services that are core to the city’s funds a wide range of services. Among legislative mandate continue to receive today of eliminating future de cits people were calling for) property owners Chair of City Council’s Finance them are those it is required to deliver priority investment, while some of the and balancing four operating budget would be facing signi cant increases at a Committee and led the budget under the City of Winnipeg Charter and/ discretionary services received smaller years, the city is better positioned time when many can least a ord it. or its bylaws. funding increases. Grants to many third- to absorb COVID-19’s challenging Council will still be required to vote on working group for 2020 e process revealed city councillors party organizations saw a 10% reduction nancial impacts. the annual operating and capital budgets have di ering views as to what services in annual funding. If city council had not adopted a each year, in accordance with e should be de ned as core to the city’s e COVID-19 pandemic is having a multiyear balanced budget, the city would City of Winnipeg Charter. e multi- he City of Winnipeg recently mandate. As a rule of thumb, core services signi cant negative impact on business be facing the di cult task of nding ways year balanced budget process provides adopted its rst ever multiyear include, but are not limited to, the three and household income. Government to eliminate a de cit of over $100 million council with an opportunity to make budget that balances four Ps; pavement, pipes and police. ose revenues and expenses are also being for 2021 with only 9 months le in 2020, adjustments to the budgets each year as operating years. is marks services will receive priority investment a ected. At the time of this writing, it while simultaneously addressing the part of an annual review process. aT signi cant turning point in budgeting. in the multiyear balanced budget. is too early to know the full impact on impact of COVID-19. It will be important for council to Unlike previous years when city budgets Road renewal is a core service. is the City of Winnipeg cash ows but city By adopting a multiyear balanced continue the discussion on core services were balanced one year at a time with large, city’s six-year capital budget prioritizes administration is working to ensure they budget that limits property taxes to a as part of the annual budget process in an forecasted de cits ($175 million by 2023), road renewal by investing the full are managed e ectively. 2.33% increase per year, the average e ort to avoid mission creep. the 2020-23 budget tackles tomorrow’s value of the 2% property tax increase Perhaps somewhere between prescient homeowner will only pay $41 more on

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CELEBRATING

CHABOT 1969-2019 ROCK SOLID SOLUTIONS

GETTING OUR ECONOMY CELEBRATING

CHABOT 1969-2019 BACK TO A NEW NORMAL ROCK SOLID SOLUTIONS Manitoba needs a strategic investment plan to boost trade, grow the economy. CELEBRATING

BY BRAM STRAIN

CHABOT 1969-2019 ROCK SOLID SOLUTIONS returns to society. e short- and long-term e ects imports and exports. at requires a strategic plan of the pandemic are not yet known and may in fact, to focus investment, long-term, so Manitoba builds a take a long time to fully manifest themselves. is is seamless multimodal transportation system capable CELEBRATING truly a disruptive and transformational event. of meeting the demands of rising trade volumes, SERVICES e Business Council of Manitoba is clearly ensuring goods and commodities move in and out • Sand and Gravel CELEBRATING• Site Remediation • Aggregate Crushing • Trucking and Heavy Equipment Rentals CHABOTSERVICES 1969-2019 focused on sustaining and growing our economy. e ciently. • Excavation and Earthwork • Commercial Snow Removal Our member companies generate more than $45 Such a strategy would identify the priority projects, ROCK• SOLID• Sand Road Construction and SOLUTIONS Gravel • Site Preparation and billion of business-related revenue annually, employ what level of investment is needed where, when and •• Aggregate Flood Protection, Riverbank Crushing Land Development more than 55,000 Manitobans. how to fund them. and Shoreline Restoration CHABOT• Excavation and Earthwork 1969-2019 Today and into the future, it will take the combined A nimble trade economy is one that identi es • Road ConstructionSERVICES best e orts of the private and the public sector to and ROCKaddresses early SOLIDany barriers, to SOLUTIONSmove past • Flood Protection,• Sand and Riverbank Gravel and • Site Remediation ensure Manitoba’s economy weathers the storm and arti cial borders smoothly. In Manitoba, we can do 204.224.1565 prospers once the skies clear. that by coordinating trade-enabling infrastructure Shoreline• Aggregate Restoration Crushing • Trucking and Heavy Equipment Rentals Returning to economic stability and on to growth investment with both public and private partners. •www. Site Remediationchabotenterprises• Excavation and.ca Earthwork • Commercial Snow Removal requires Manitoba to build upon its strengths. Sitting is is especially true in the Capital Region – at the core of our economy is trade: Like Canada, Winnipeg and the surrounding 17 municipalities • Trucking• Road and Heavy Construction Equipment Rentals • Site Preparation and Bram Strain is the CEO of the Manitoba was founded on trade – it gave root to collectively host 70% of the provincial GDP and • Commercial• Flood Snow Protection, Removal Riverbank Land Development settlement and is woven tightly into the province’s 65% of the population. e Capital Region has • Site Preparation and Land Development Business Council of Manitoba fabric. the opportunity and responsibility to collaborate and Shoreline Restoration CEO. Strain served most recently Fully 53% of our GDP is derived from trade; that with Manitoba to promote investment in the trade represents nearly $40 billion worth of business. Trade transportation corridors and routes that would as Lethbridge, Alta., city is an economic force because it touches nearly all further elevate the entire region’s ability to attract SERVICES sectors. In 2017, Manitoba’s top exports were wheat, new investment and business, diversify and boost its SERVICES manager and previously as • Sand and •Gravel Sand and Gravel• Site Remediation • Site Remediation pork and canola. Our top three markets were: United trade pro le. deputy minister of Manitoba • Aggregate• CrushingAggregate Crushing• Trucking and Heavy Equipment• Trucking Rentals and Heavy Equipment Rentals States - $9 billion; China - $1.4 billion and Japan Provincially, a strategic infrastructure investment • Excavation• and Excavation Earthwork and• EarthworkCommercial Snow Removal• Commercial Snow Removal • Road Construction • Site Preparation and Infrastructure. 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Canada has renewed Assets such as CentrePort Canada, Winnipeg anitoba’s Budget 2020 still carried and signed new trade agreements in recent years. e International Airport, the rail and highway systems and Shoreline Restoration the smell of printer’s ink when the world of trade has opened like never before. connect us to the world and our trading partners. www.chabotenterprises.ca COVID-19 pandemic began rattling Our global trading partners, however, are gearing ere are no certainties in the many months ahead global economies. up to seize on the opportunities, too – as are other as we nd our foothold in a global economic shi , 204.224.1565 MBudgets are built on forecasts of GDP and tax provinces. now and post-pandemic. It will take careful scal www.chabotenterprises.ca revenues. 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estern Canada is a vast, resource- And in turn, Western Canada can help turn Equipment Rentals rich region with a growing Canada into a global trade leader. population and signi cant, pent-up A new nation-building trade infrastructure capacity to produce the goods in program for Western Canada is needed to pick demand,W domestically, continentally and globally. up where the Asia Paci c Gateway and Corridor Already, this region typically out-punches Initiative le o , to complete the vision that its Canadian counterparts: at 32% of Canada’s launched one of the most successful investment population, it contributes 37% of its exports and plans in this country’s history. nearly 38% of Canada’s real GDP; Western Canada’s e federal APG&CI strengthened Western GDP per capita was $56,000 in 2017, 18% higher Canada’s supply chains to booming Asian than the national average. economies. It delivered impressive results -- $1.4 So how do we unleash Western Canada’s potential billion in federal funding leveraged $3.5 billion of to expand existing trade markets and move into public investment, producing a total $14 billion in areas that new trade agreements have opened to our public-private investment. country? e APG&CI began with a focused priority It starts with investment in our regional trade on trade investments in British Columbia. As the gateways and corridors, underpinned by a long- region’s western trade gateway province, it saw fully Chris Lorenc is the president term – read: 20 or 30 years -- investment strategy. 60% of the federal funding invested in its trade of the Manitoba Heavy But the Western provinces cannot do this transportation facilities. at level of investment themselves. e federal government must lead the was a necessary rst start. e next step is to Construction Association campaign, underpinned by a nation-building trade complete the vision of Western Canada as a regional and the Western Canada infrastructure program. trade superpower. at nationally prioritized investment strategy It is the right time to take the lessons learned Roadbuilders and Heavy can help turn Western Canada into: and adopt/adapt its best practices for the whole of 751 Lagimodiere Blvd., Construction Association • A region generating rising revenues to Western Canada, to ensure our trade-transportation Winnipeg, MB R2J 0T8 provincial, federal and municipal co ers from the assets can meet the challenges of and seize on the robust trade, employment growth and invigorated trade opportunities before us. Email: [email protected] “There is the infrastructure we want cities; Perrin Beatty, president and CEO of the Ph: (204) 255-6444 Fax: (204) 255-5209 • A region equipped with pan-Western pipelines Canadian Chamber of Commerce, upon release of like parks and hockey rinks, the and power grids that see full sharing nation-wide e Infrastructure that Matter Most put it best: borlandconstruction.com of energy, spurring real economic growth in such “ ere is the infrastructure we want like parks infrastructure we need like schools sectors as manufacturing and technology, and and hockey rinks, the infrastructure we need and hospitals and then there is the muscles Canada onto global energy export markets; like schools and hospitals and then there is the • A region where public and private sectors infrastructure that pays for these things and that is infrastructure that pays for these cooperatively invest in trade-enabling transportation trade infrastructure.” things and that is trade infrastructure.” infrastructure – our trade gateways and corridors Canadians should heed the prescient observation. -- guided by an ROI-to-GDP strategy supported by We should press the federal government to leverage sustainable development principles; and provincial and private sector participation and Perrin Beatty, president and CEO of the • A globally competitive trade-based economy investment, in a long-term, nation building www.mhca.mb.ca Canadian Chamber of Commerce plugged into a Canadian economic strategy. investment strategy for trade infrastructure. C M Y K

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We need to improve Western Canada’s trade corridors and “ gateways.” THE WORLD AWAITS A SIGN CANADA CAN DELIVER THE GOODS

BY JOHN LAW

anada is one of the At some point the world will Canada’s trade-based economy and 2) A Long-Term Project world’s most export- supply chains. Pipeline which inventories strategic dependent economies come to terms with COVID-19 At some point the world will infrastructure investments over 15 to and Western Canada is and countries will begin come to terms with COVID-19 20 years to enable the coordination Cthe most export dependent part of and countries will begin rebuilding of upgrades to economic corridors, Canada. Two-thirds of our national rebuilding their lives and their lives and their economies. prioritized far enough in advance to income is generated by the trade For that they will need the goods facilitate upfront planning and public that ows through the network of their economies. For that and materials that Western Canada consultation; transportation infrastructure that produces. A plan to strategically 3) More Sophisticated Network comprises our roads, railways, ports, they will need the goods rebuild Canada’s capacity to move Management and Modelling airports, waterways and pipelines. and materials that Western these products to foreign markets Tools to anticipate changing trade Unfortunately, concerns with can be foundational to that economic dynamics and required system declining reliability of Canada’s Canada produces. renewal and an important signal to improvements. Today, modelling transportation network to deliver the our trade partners. of new trade agreements and data John Law is the president products we produce are threatening Fortunately, a coalition is emerging which are being generated in real of Lawmark International that income and the quality-of-life key export markets. ey featured around a solution. time on the performance of our that it a ords. In 2008-09, Canada’s strong leadership from our federal Alongside Canada West infrastructure can improve decision- Consulting and a senior transportation infrastructure was government and active industry Foundation, organizations like the making by users and operators.; fellow with the Canada West ranked in the top 10 in the world. participation. ose trade-corridor Western Canada Roadbuilders and 4) Investments based upon ROI focused programs have long since Heavy Construction Association, the and Criteria of National Signi cance Foundation. He is the former Today it stands at 32nd. Our success in earlier years was wound down. Western Transportation Advisory to guide the pipeline of projects can chair of the Canadian Council not coincidental. At the time of our On top of this continued decline Council, the Canadian Chamber of ensure projects will achieve evidence- top-10 ranking three major national are unforeseen new challenges Commerce, the Business Council based improvements to network of Deputy Ministers responsible of Canada and the Canadian infrastructure programs were in full a ecting Canada’s access to its uidity, substantial economic gains Construction Association are for Transportation and swing. All three were built around historical trade markets. e Chinese and more transparent, publicly jointly advocating for a permanent, Infrastructure and served as a common organizing principle canola embargo, US restrictions on supportable returns on investment systematic solution that leverages of improving the infrastructure of steel and forest products, railway (ROI). Properly conceived trade president of the Transportation the respective core competencies of economically signi cant gateways blockades and, now, the ravages of infrastructure investments government and the private sector, Association of Canada. and trade corridors to connect to the coronavirus pandemic have hurt consistently provide economic is informed by operational insights returns over the lifetime of the asset, from industry and grounded on between $1.50 and $4 for every $1 Avoid contact with national priorities. invested. At the same time, Transport Canada overhead power lines. is breaking new policy ground Lower equipment before making a move. and broadening engagement on its The Urgency to Act LOOK Plan ahead for safe clearance. regional transportation assessments Emerging from the ravages of the of national supply-chain needs. In pandemic, we will need to rebuild addition, at February’s meeting of our economy, our communities and the Canadian Council of Ministers earn back the prosperity that we of Transportation, representing all once took for granted. at means UP! provinces, territories and the federal rebuilding our capacity to generate government, ministers established the revenue to support that future a national task force to improve the by producing and moving goods to competitiveness of Canada’s trade foreign markets. corridors. e window of opportunity is With this con uence of interest, short. An e ective solution requires CWF and its partners are working unprecedented collaboration to publish by this summer a long- between government and industry. overdue solution framed around four A joint undertaking to recapitalize core elements: the federal government’s National 1) An Up-To-Date Overview Trade Corridor Fund, now almost of our National Trade Corridor fully committed, is but one example Network which can help inform of low-hanging fruit. trade-corridor movements, better In its recent past, Canada Safety. It’s in your hands. manage congestion and help identify realized signi cant bene ts from a the priority investments required to coordinated public-private approach. address bottlenecks, redundancy and We cannot a ord to let this moment capacity; of opportunity pass.

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BUILT TO LAST: THE IMPERATIVE OF CLIMATE RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE

BY MARY VAN BUREN

limate change will have a major impact on the development program. future of construction. Infrastructure investment will need to be a particular Warmer temperatures, increased focus in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic as countries precipitation and extreme weather events recover economically and reinvigorate a ected channels likeC ooding, hurricanes and res will need to become a of commerce and transportation. It will be important normal consideration when planning public infrastructure that funding strategies recognize the unique nature and projects. capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises to allow e federal government has embarked on a plan to for their participation in projects. address the climate change issue with all departments and Concerns about the nancial impact of carbon pricing agencies focused towards a 30% reduction of greenhouse and other environmental legislation led to CCA asking the gas emissions by 2030. federal government to o er certain exemptions to the heavy e Canadian Construction Association (CCA) also construction sector. Establishing rebates and tax credits to recognizes that climate change poses a real threat to the companies that adopt newer “green” technologies, applying global environment and is looking at ways to partner on carbon tax at the pump prior to the provincial, excise and initiatives to support the creation of structures and systems GST taxes, and exempting anti-idling devices from GST that will withstand the climate of tomorrow. would help the construction industry remain competitive. Buildings, roads, bridges and highways will need to be CCA has begun to outline a strategy to broaden member more resilient and now is the time to act on this objective. engagement on the le, as well as expand our scope to With the 2019 edition of the Canadian Infrastructure include a full policy on climate change in the coming year. Report Card (CIRC) showing that Canada’s aging public is should involve articulation of a policy around carbon infrastructure is in serious need of rehabilitation or pricing and the revision of the National Building Codes. replacement, there is an opportunity to re-shape our Dependable, predictable funding for climate-resilient Mary Van Buren is the president communities in a more sustainable manner. infrastructure and capacity building for climate-change of the Canadian Construction CCA has been advocating for a 25-year blueprint for adaptation is essential. e principles of sustainable infrastructure investment in Canada. A long-term plan development are fundamental to how government, Association incorporating and directing public funds toward green industry and society will successfully address critical building principles and sustainable solutions could help societal needs, environmental pressures and climate pave the way towards a climate-resilient infrastructure change impacts.

MANITOBA CONSTRUCTION COUNCIL Our mission is to promote and coordinate the development of a diverse, inclusive, well educated workforce in support of careers in a dynamic and evolving construction industry.

Carol Paul Executive Director, MCSC | T: 204.272.5092 | E: [email protected] C M Y K

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Winnipeg Metro Region roundtables plot out the priorities for Plan 2050

Metro Region leaders, together with the Province of Manitoba, are working BUILDING A STRONGER on a long-term plan that will unite the strengths of regional municipalities and ensure future success. METRO REGION FOR ALL

BY COLLEEN SKLAR

hese past few weeks have been deeply of us. Plan 2050 will help us: waste management to broadband internet – can challenging for families, businesses Attract investment and create jobs. Marketing enhance our shared buying power, resulting in cost and communities. e full impacts the region as a whole means being able to connect e ciencies that can be reinvested in local services of COVID-19 are yet to be known, potential investors and employers with insights and amenities. Tbut we’re already reminded of the importance of into the labour force, available land and resources, When completed later this year, Plan 2050 will economic and community resiliency in weathering planning and zoning information and other give us an important long-term framework for major challenges. important information. Instead of municipalities future collaboration. Even the process of creating In the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region, local competing against each other, we compete together the plan has been collaborative: Over the past leaders have long understood the importance to make it easier and more attractive for investors to several months the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region of partnership and collaboration in making our do business here. has gathered input from hundreds of stakeholders communities stronger. Continued collaboration will Protect our environment. A long-term regional including local leaders, provincial and Indigenous ensure we can rebound as quickly as possible from plan allows for a coordinated approach in important governments, business groups, land planning the pandemic, and leave us better positioned to areas like water management and protection. We professionals, environmental interests and harness future opportunities that attract investment can better protect and preserve agricultural land individual citizens. and increase quality of life. and other sensitive areas when we work together, Now, we’re using this input to dra an inclusive, e Metro Region – which includes the City of and we reach important e ciencies and economies broadly representative plan that we’ll circulate for Winnipeg and the fast-growing municipalities that of scale when we share approaches to waste public feedback later in 2020. surround it – is the population centre and economic management and recycling. e concept of a long-term metro region plan engine of our province. Two-thirds of Manitobans Improve quality of life in our communities. Our isn’t itself new – in fact, metro regions across call the Metro Region home, and it accounts for communities are more connected than ever, and this Canada and the U.S. already have plans in place and 70% of provincial GDP. trend will only grow as Metro Region municipalities we must do the same to keep up and compete. But Today, Metro Region leaders, together with continue to see double-digit population increases. the plan we’re developing now will be uniquely our the Province of Manitoba, are working on a long- A coordinated long-term strategy to e ciently own, and will harness the best of what people and term plan that will unite the strengths of regional move people and goods across the region – a communities across our Metro Region have to o er. Colleen Sklar is the executive director municipalities and ensure future success. Metro Region transportation master plan -- as one Today, more than ever, we need to work together In plain terms, we’re stronger when we work example, is essential from both an economic and to respond to our shared challenges and capitalize of the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region together. e long-term plan we’re developing now, quality-of-life standpoint. Similarly, a collaborative on future opportunities. Plan 2050 will help us do Plan 2050, is a roadmap for a stronger future for all approach to common municipal services – from just that, for the bene t of all.

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Borland’s Jeff SLOW DOWN, DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY Love recommends the following to motorists:

IN CONSTRUCTION ZONES • Adhere to posted speed limits and other signage on the road.

• Slow down, stay alert. – HELP PROTECT ROAD WORKERS Make sure you follow posted signage and DON HURST exercise caution in construction zones.

• Avoid distractions while Is getting to your destination faster worth putting a life at risk? When you are driving.

driving through a construction work zone, the potential for gravely injuring • Only use your cell phone workers and yourself is high. when parked, pre-set climate control and plan your route with a he number and severity of several years Gregory has heard numerous approaches, heavy construction workers GPS before departing. injuries – some serious – to accounts of neglect from the public through -- wearing re ective personal protective Eliminating distractions construction workers due to road construction zones: people moving equipment – will be on your commute will help you stay motorists’ lack of caution in barricades and proceeding through work route, doing the maintenance, repair and focused on the road. Tconstruction zones has alarmed many in zones; cell phone use while driving through construction of roads in our cities and the heavy construction industry. More construction zones; and, worse, driving across Manitoba. e industry is asking the • Plan ahead to avoid needs to be done to protect workers and intentionally towards agpersons at high public to remember that road workers also delays. equipment from the hazards motorists speed and turning away at the last second, want and expect to go home to their loved present. narrowly missing the worker. Sadly, many ones, at the end of the day. • Give yourself extra time Many construction companies reported also report public drivers verbally and Signage in construction zones provides for your travel. Know that their workers regularly witness bad physically assaulting road workers. advance notice that you are entering a where construction habits including speeding, distracted driving “Safe driving is a responsibility of road construction area and shows reduced zones and other delays and road rage – all of which endangers the everyone on the road. ere is a reason speed limits. Drivers are required to slow are beforehand so you Don Hurst is the director of safety of construction crews speed nes double in construction zones – to 60 km/h or whatever speed is posted don’t have to worry Unfortunately, while most people can to help ensure a safe work environment for when entering a work zone, and follow the about arriving late. MHCA’s WORKSAFELY education agree that road construction workers are Manitoba’s construction workers,” Gregory directions of all signs in the zone. and training program simply doing their jobs, many regard road says “By doing your part, slowing down and Je Love, of Borland Construction, says • Treat construction zones construction zones as an inconvenience. respecting direction in construction zones, it is about basic respect, and safety for as if they were your own Many motorists admit they are not the driving public can help ensure that our everyone. workplace. always focused on the road while driving. road workers can have a safe workplace and “It’s important when we’re driving to • Construction zones is can lead to speeding, weaving or failing everyone can get home safely.” remember that in a construction zone our are road builders’ to notice road signage, putting the road e Manitoba Heavy Construction roads and highways are also workplaces, workplaces. Show workers and the drivers themselves at risk. Association’s message is simple: Road and everyone has the right to a safe respect for the workers Ed Gregory, Safety Advisor for MHCA’s construction zones are people’s workplaces workplace – we need to ensure that every by treating it as if it were WORKSAFELY program, is one of the and should be treated with respect and person at work is treated with the same your own workplace. lead instructors for WORKSAFELY’s consideration for their workers. level of respect and consideration,” Love Flagperson Certi cation. Over the last As spring’s construction season states.

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TAKING SAFETY LEADERSHIP TO A HIGHER, NATIONAL STANDARD

BY JACKIE JONES

n construction safety there is across Canada. Under the COR eligibility for the 15% prevention rebate enhances your corporate brand image no higher standard than the standard, annual audits are conducted to on their WCB premiums and, in some as a company that places workers’ safety Certi cate of Recognition – COR show that employers’ health and safety sectors, preferential treatment during before anything.” – which marks its 20th year for management systems meet established contract bids,” says Hurst. COR establishes you as a company Ibeing recognized across Canada in 2020. standards. Conducting interviews, working towards having a strong and COR is endorsed by participating A signi cant number of industry- documentation review, and making sustainable workplace safety culture. members of the Canadian Federation leading Manitoba construction observations are all key parts of the COR Achieving COR shows your industry of Construction Safety Associations companies are COR certi ed. Workplaces audit process. Furthermore, they help peers, community and authorities that (CFCSA), of which MHCA’s certi ed through the Certi cate of largely in evaluating the e cacy with your company is committed towards WORKSAFELY program is a member. Recognition (COR) programs have a which the employer is able to identify, your workers’ safety. Each of the participating members of greater reduction in lost-time injury assess, and control workers’ risks in “ is is very helpful,” says Burtnick, the CFCSA act as the Authority Having rates than non-certi ed workplaces. the company. Again, bene ts of COR “especially while bidding on projects of Jurisdiction to grant COR certi cation in Additionally, even among COR-certi ed certi cation for employers is huge. safety-conscious companies.” their province or territory. companies, di erences in injury rates “One of the major bene ts of COR For assistance in achieving your In 1999, during the annual CFCSA can be found between lower-scoring certi cation is that companies COR companies COR certi cation MHCA’s meeting, members agreed in principle companies and higher-scoring ones. certi ed become a nationwide network WORKSAFELY advisors are your key to a number of common audit elements “Generally, and particularly in more of companies promoting health and contacts. Jackie Jones is an education required for a construction rm to recent years, COR-certi ed companies safety culture and excellence,” says Mike “Our COR advisors can assist you with and training advisor at MHCA’s achieve or maintain an acceptable level lowered their lost-time injury rates Burtnick, safety manager for Maple Leaf the COR process from start-to- nish,” WORKSAFELY program of health and safety performance (COR). by larger percentages than similar Construction. Hurst says. e agreed upon national standard, companies that were not certi ed,” In circumstances where you need to “ ey can also assist you with our adopted in 2020 consists of 13 common says Don Hurst, director of MHCA’s demonstrate you have an active safety many tools and resources that allow your elements required in all jurisdictions as WORKSAFELY. and health management system, COR workplace to operate e ciently with well a 14th element which outlines other “ e bene ts of participation in certi cation proves that. improved productivity.” speci c requirements for individual the COR program include stronger Burtnick also points out that “COR For more information on provinces due to varying workplace safety safety performance and resultant lower helps you win the con dence of your WORSAFELY’s COR program please and health legislation and regulations workers’ compensation premiums, costumers as well as the authorities and visit mhcaworksafely.ca.

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NATIONAL DIG SAFE CLICK NOW MONTH INFORMS PUBLIC ON RISKS BEFORE YOU DIG UNDERGROUND

BY JACKIE JONES

anyone digs by shovel or mechanical service between the digging community example. e rst step to planning your Spring has arrived and equipment, you must have the utilities and the owners of buried facilities. Locate project should be knowing where the located just so you know where lines requests in Manitoba are handed o to underground utilities are. is will allow that means the digging or pipes must be, and to expose them the utility owner or a contract locator. you to plan ahead and adjust the area properly. By the way, this is a FREE Depending on the work you are doing, you were planning to install that post or season will soon be service provided to you from the utility the call centre noti es the utility and the adjust how you may excavate following owner/operators. locator can come out and put marks on sage excavation practices provided by here. With Manitoba’s Click Before You Dig MB is a service the ground to let you know if there are each utility. short summer season brought to you by the Manitoba utilities in your excavation. is is more Basically, if you don’t have a locate Common Ground Alliance (MCGA) than just protecting the utility; this is you should not dig, whether you are a that isn’t a lot of time and its members. is service provides also about you and the public around homeowner or a construction contractor. underground facility screening and you. Contacting an underground electric “By contacting Click Before You Dig do get things done. noti cation for a safe excavation for and/or natural gas line can be deadly if MB well in advance of starting the work, any Manitoban who intends to disturb improperly exposed or damaged. people are making a responsible choice the ground and the utility operators Robert Morrison, co-chair of the and doing their part to maintain public, anitoba has a vast who register their buried facilities. e Manitoba Common Ground Alliance, worker and community safety,” says Jackie Jones is an education network of utilities buried MCGA is primarily concerned with the wants to remind people of the National Morrison. “Once you get the utilities and training advisor at MHCA’s underground – cables, lines safety and the prevention of damage to Dig Safe campaign. April is typically the marked, the nal and perhaps most WORKSAFELY program and pipes – supporting our underground utilities. month when people start to plan to do important step is to follow the directions Mcritical services. Protecting its reliability is Click Before You Dig MB works in work in their yards, planning their deck the utilities provide and dig safe! All the essential to meet the needs of Manitobans. partnership with Alberta One Call, a call and fences and where they’ll need to information is there.” Many people are not aware that anytime centre that provides a communication excavate for a post or support pile, for

REQUESTING A LOCATE In an effort to optimize effectiveness, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, all parties are urged to submit locate requests online (with the exception of emergency locate requests) through clickbeforeyoudigmb.com to begin your locate request process. You will see a Chat or HELP button online should you need assistance, and one of our Support Agents will help you through the process. RESPONSE TO LOCATE REQUESTS – EXPECT DELAYS Our members are making every effort to respond to locate requests in a timely manner; however, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, our members’ capacity to respond to locate requests could be affected and delays are possible.

Your Responsibility One-Call Responsibility Member Responsibility

• Receive and process locate requests and Respond to notiﬁ cations of proposed ground disturbance in the vicinity notify members in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and of their buried assets by either locating and marking buried utilities, Request a Locate via Manitoba of the proposed ground disturbance providing an ‘all-clear’ to excavate; or, requesting to meet onsite with ClickBeforeYouDig.com prior in the vicinity of their buried assets. the excavating party prior to the proposed ground disturbance. to every ground disturbance. • Provide support and assistance to the Please note: meeting onsite may or not be impacted due to COVID-19. digging public

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A SUPPLEMENT TO THE WINNIPEG FREE PRESS SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2020 11

DETECTING AND ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR WORKPLACES

BY JACKIE JONES

construction such as working around conversation with employees is a heavy equipment. Of the people you great start, and being open to what work with every day, chances are that people have to share about their needs at least one of them struggles with their and what would help create a more mental health. healthy environment can help you It is imperative for employers to create an action plan. promote mental health in the workplace. Once employers accept that mental To have a successful business, mental illness is an issue to be dealt with, it health is a key factor. becomes easier to identify the signs of a In a recent major Canadian mental health issue through a worker’s study, 82% of responding organizations behaviour. Look for high incidents ranked mental health conditions in of injury or self-reported pain. their top three causes of short term dis- Statistics suggest nearly nine per cent ability (72% for long-term). Approxi- of construction workers are already mately 30% of all short- and long-term su ering from depression, so look for disability claims are attributed to men- increased lateness, absenteeism, and tal health problems and illnesses. medical leaves. Reduced productivity But, how should you as an employer is another indicator — some call it start to address mental health issues in “presenteeism”, or showing up for work Jackie Jones is an education your workplace? but not functioning e ectively. and training advisor at MHCA’s Bryan Wall, Manager of Business “It’s important to remember that WORKSAFELY program Development of St. John Ambulance di erent people can experience advises that it is important to think mental illness in many di erent ways,” Sources of information on mental health about the culture and norms of states Wall. “In general, a change in ental health illness is your organization and assess whether someone’s behavior and mood can mb.stjohntraining.ca probably present in your they are supportive of mental health. be a sign. But sometimes people are • St. John Ambulance – workplace, too, and “Instead of assuming that mental really struggling, and don’t show a • The Canadian Mental Health Association su erers are struggling illness is a strange and rare occurrence, lot of signs externally. It’s important – mbwpg.cmha.ca Msilently. e Canadian Mental Health we need to recognize that just like to have ongoing conversations about Association estimates 1 in 5 Canadians physical health, we all have times where mental health so that people feel that • Manitoba Health – gov.mb.ca/health/mb/faq experiences a mental health issue or we are mentally healthy, and times they can talk about what is going on for • Bell Let’s Talk – letstalk.bell.ca/en/get-help illness in any given year. when we aren’t at our best,” says Wall. them without fear of judgment. Stigma In construction, mental illness could How does your organization respond about mental health is o en the biggest • Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety also be described as an invisible health to people who are not functioning barrier to people getting the support – ccohs.ca/healthyminds/topics/mentalhealth hazard, unlike the usual risks in at their best? Simply opening up this they need.”

On the worksite, as an employer or a co-worker, you can be helpful in understanding mental illness and reaching out when someone you know is affected.

• Ask if and how you can help • When a co-worker returns to work, welcome e good news is that mental illnesses can be treated. With them back and don’t avoid them treatment, most of individuals with mental illnesses see improvement. • Continue to include the person in usual Recognizing early symptoms or problems ensures that resources and workplace activities • Advocate for healthy workplaces and help referrals can be suggested. bring awareness to the topic of mental health Mental Health First Aid is a training course designed to give • Depending on the relationship, keep in touch members of the public the skills to help someone who is developing with a co-worker who has taken time off a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. e evidence behind the program demonstrates that it builds mental health literacy, decreases stigmatizing attitudes, and helps individuals identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness. SAFE WORKERS AREN’T BORN – THEY’RE TRAINED

over the workplace. is requirement 14,000 people attended training through is especially important when it comes SAFE Work Manitoba and our province’s to young Manitobans, whose lack of IBSPs, according to WCB data; this work experience and hesitation to ask number continues to grow each year. questions may put them at greater risk of In the heavy construction sector, being injured at work. the go-to source for industry-speci c I o en hear experienced workers or training is the MHCA’s WORKSAFELY™ supervisors say “it’s just common sense.” program. SAFE Work Manitoba values When you consider the diversity of its partnership with WORKSAFELY our workforce, it’s hard to know what in ensuring the heavy construction “common sense” means. Workers come industry is provided with relevant safety with a diversity of age, work experience, and health training. life experience and familiarity with WORKSAFELY o ers courses that equipment and tools. When we say address the industry’s speci c needs, “it’s just common sense,” we make a such as training for ag persons, tra c dangerous assumption that could lead control co-ordinators and excavation and to a tragic injury or illness. e better trenching workers. It also o ers training assumption to make is that a new worker on more general topics, including has no familiarity, but is willing to learn. safety committee training, managing Jamie Hall is the Chief Operating Safe workers aren’t born, they’re impairment at work and back injury trained. It’s the theme of our most prevention. Information about training O cer for SAFE Work Manitoba E-learning courses available and to register, go to safemanitoba.com recent awareness campaign at SAFE opportunities is available on MHCA’s While in-person workshops are on and click the Education tab. If you’d Work Manitoba. No one is born with website at http://mhcaworksafely.ca. hold, online safety courses continue to like more information about our latest the innate skills needed to do a job – be available on the SAFE Work Manitoba campaign, click Resources, See All of raining for a new job means they must learn them. In the same way, Workshops suspended during website. In fact, if your usual work Our Campaigns and SAFE Workers ensuring that workers are working safely requires training. COVID-19 pandemic schedule has changed, you may nd this Aren’t Born, ey’re Trained. equipped with the skills Where to get this training? Over the an opportune time to complete some needed to carry out the last several years, SAFE Work Manitoba As is the case for many organizations of these courses. SAFE Work Manitoba SAFE Work Manitoba, the prevention Tspeci c tasks required of the position. has worked closely with its partners to that o er training, MHCA covers the cost of these courses through division of the WCB, is dedicated to It also means knowing how to perform support safety training for Manitobans WORKSAFELY and SAFE Work a partnership with the Canadian Centre preventing workplace injury and illness. those tasks in a safe and healthy manner. who work in a variety of industries Manitoba have postponed workshops for Occupational Health and Safety. Working with our partners in the safety While everyone has a role to play and locations. e development and during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Courses cover a wide range of topics; community, we provide prevention when it comes to safety and health in expansion of industry-based safety keeping with recommendations of among these are psychological health in education, safety programming, the workplace, employers carry a greater programs has supplemented training Manitoba Health. e availability of the workplace; violence on the job and consulting and strategic direction to responsibility, especially in those early from private providers, and increased workshops will be reassessed in line an overview of the Canada Labour Code create a genuine culture of safety for all days of employment. ey have the the overall amount of safety and health with health advisories, as the pandemic (Part II). To see the full list of courses Manitobans. greatest degree of control and authority training available. In 2019, almost situation evolves. OVER 95 YEARS OF DELIVERING EXCELLENCE IN WORKMANSHIP

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