b'EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS MESSAGE LE MOT DU DIRECTEUR GNRALBob Brunetell, I really thought we would be out of this pandemicE hbien,jepensaisvraimentquenousserionsmainte-W by now and not in the middle of its fourth wave.nantsortisdecettepandmieetnonaumilieudela The construction industry is doing its best to keepquatrimevague.Lindustriedelaconstructionfaitde our workers safe, and many contractors are opting for manda- sonmieuxpourassurerlascuritdesestravailleurs,etde tory vaccines for their offices and worksites. After all, beingnombreuxentrepreneursimposentlavaccination.Cestaprs fully vaccinated is the most effective way to reduce the spreadtoutlemoyenleplusefficacederduirelapropagationde of COVID-19. la COVID-19.MaterialshortagesandpriceincreaseshaveremainedaLes pnuries de matriaux et les augmentations de prix nont constant throughout the pandemic. These concerning issuespas cess. Celles-ci touchent non seulement les toitures, mais affect not only roofing but the entire construction industry.aussi lensemble de lindustrie de la construction. Bien que les Although the material shortages were marginal at the start ofpnuries aient t marginales au dbut de la COVID, il y a eu un COVID, there was a snowball effect that compounded theeffet boule de neigemesure que la pandmie voluait. supply of roofing materials as the pandemic progressed.Cela dit, la COVID-19 nest pas le seul facteur de pnurie et That said, COVID-19 is not the only contributing factordinflation. De nombreux vnements se sont conjugus pour to strangle the supply of materials and add to overall priceaffecter lapprovisionnement en matriaux. Certains de ces dv-increases. As mentioned, many events came together to impactloppements ont t :the supply of materials. Some of these developments were:Mto : Les temptes tropicales et hivernales de 2021ont affect la production des produitsbase de ptrole et Severe weather events: the 2021 winter and tropical storms impacted the production of petroleum-based anddautres produits chimiques industriels utiliss pour fabriquer other industrial chemicals used to make many types ofde nombreux types de membranes, disolants et dadhsifs.roofing membranes, insulation and adhesives.Pnurie de camionneurs : Lindustrie du camionnage trans- Truck driver shortages: the trucking industry movesporte environ 70 % de tout le fret intrieur et il y a moins deroughly 70 per cent of all domestic freight and fewercamionneurs disponibles. drivers are available to meet the current demand. Logistique mondiale : Les installations portuaires dentreGlobal logistics: ports of entry worldwide are experi- subissent dimportants retards dans le dchargement desencing significant delays off-loading cargo ships. Manynavires. Dans de nombreux ports, on stationne les navires ports have ships parked for up to three weeks jusqu trois semaines avant debefore off-loading.les dcharger. Roofing Canada is published biannually Editor / Rdactrice : Published by: All rights reserved. The contents of this for the Canadian Roofing Roma Ihnatowycz publication may not be reproduced by any Contractors AssociationEditorial Coordinators CRCA /means, in whole or in part, without the 2430 Don Reid Drive, Suite 100Coordonnateursla mediaedgepublishing.com prior written consent of the association.Ottawa, ON K1H 1E1rdaction ACEC :Publication mail agreement #40787580Tel.: (613) 232-6724Bob Brunet, Executive Director / 33 South Station Street Fax: (613) 232-2893Directeur gnralToronto, OntarioM9N 2B2Published November 2021www.roofingcanada.com Carole Venne, Executive Assistant /Toll Free: (866) 480-4717 Couvertures Canada est une publicationAdjointe de direction robertt@mediaedge.ca Return undeliverables to:biannuelle de lAssociation canadienne531 Marion StreetCanadian Roofingdes entrepreneurs en couvertureSales Representatives / Winnipeg, MB Canada R2J 0J9Contractors Association2430 prom. Don Reid, bureau 100Reprsentants des ventes : Toll Free: (866) 201-30962430 Don Reid Drive, Suite 100 Ottawa, ON K1H 1E1Bill Biber, Derek de Weerdt, Fax: (204) 480-4420Ottawa, ONK1H 1E1 Tl. : (613) 232-6724Ashley Huston, Pat Johnston, www.mediaedgepublishing.com Tel.: (613) 232-6724 Tlcopieur : (613) 232-2893Dawn Stokes President:Fax: (613) 232-2893www.couverturescanada.com Senior Design Specialist:Kevin BrownPublisher: Krista Zimmermann Senior Vice-President: Robert Thompson Design Specialist:Robert Thompson ROOFING CANADA is printed on 10% post-consumer Marisa Giesbrecht Branch Manager:FSC certified paper using soya based inks. When Director, Business Development: Junior Design Specialist:Nancie Priv necessary to mail an issue in an enclosure, we use an Michael Bell Bethany Giesbrecht environmentally-friendly, 100% oxo-degradable poly-wrap.8 ROOFING CANADA FALL/WINTER 2021'