b'LE MOT DU DIRECTEUR GNRALcurlerfromEdmonton,Alberta,anOlympic,Worldandfois champion canadien et membre du Temple de la renomme four-time Canadian champion and a member of the Worldmondialeducurling.Ilsaitcommentmenerunequipe Curling Hall of Fame. He certainly knows how to lead a teamsous pression !under pressure! Dautres sances porteront sur la chane dapprovisionnement Other conference sessions include an update and discus- et les clauses contractuelles non standard Pouvez-vous sion on supply chain issues pertaining to Canadian roofers,vous permettre de les ignorer ? ainsi quune prsentation aworkshoponnon-standardcontractclausesCanyousur les cinq principales questions juridiques affectant lindustrie afford to ignore them?and a presentation and discussion on the top five legal issues affecting the roofing industry andde la toiture. crisis management.NotreSemainenationaledescouvreurs2022marquera Anothereventthatwillseeitsfirstlightpost-COVIDaussi sa premire dition post-COVID. Cette initiative viseisNationalRoofingWeek2022.ThisCRCAinitiative,sensibiliser les genslimportancedavoir un toit au-dessus de conducted together with our provincial affiliates from coast tola tte . Elle contribuefaire connatre lindustrie en soulignant coast, aims to raise awareness on the importance of having ale travail des membres de lACEC. roof over your head. It helps bring awareness of the roofingLan dernier, prs de 30 pour cent de nos membres ont industry to the general public, outlining the important workparticipdes activits de la Semaine nationale des couvreurs, that CRCA members perform year-round.dpassant le taux de participation de 20 pour cent de 2020. Last year close to 30 per cent of our members from acrossCette anne, alors que la COVID-19 est presque derrire nous, CanadagotinvolvedinNationalRoofingWeekactivities,nous esprons voir de nombreux autres entrepreneurs, fabri-surpassing the 2020 participation rate of 20 per cent. This year,cants, fournisseurs, distributeurs, consultants et inspecteurs en with COVID almost behind us, we hope to see many more roofing contractors, manufacturers/suppliers/distributors andtoiture venir clbrer. La Semaine nationale des couvreurs aura roofing consultants/inspectors jump in to celebrate Roofinglieu du 6 au 10 juin et chaque membre de lACEC recevra une Week. It will take place June 6 to 10 and each CRCA membertrousse qui dtaille les thmes marquant chaque jour. LACEC will receive a National Roofing Week kit well in advance thatutilisera galement toutes ses plates-formes de mdias sociaux details the daily roofing themes throughout the week. CRCA(LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter et Instagram) pour promouvoir et will also be using all its social media platforms (LinkedIn, Face- rendre compte des activits de la Semaine.book, Twitter and Instagram) to heavily market and report onLACEC continue de travailler avec de nombreuses autres National Roofing Week activities. organisations, notamment le Conseil national des entrepreneurs CRCA continues to work with many other liked-mindedspcialiss du Canada (CNECC). Celui-ci est compos de 10 organizations,includingtheNationalTradeContractorsassociations dentrepreneurs professionnels et lACEC sigeCouncil of Canada (NTCCC). NTCCC is made up 10 tradeson conseil dadministration. Le CNECC a fix quelques priorits contractor associations and CRCA sits on their Board of Direc- cls quil souhaite poursuivre avec le gouvernement fdral cette tors. NTCCC has set some key priorities that they wish to pursue with the federal government this year: accelerate theanne : acclrer les investissements en infrastructure, satta-federal governments committed infrastructure investments toquerla pnurie de main-duvre, rsoudre les problmes de la projects,structurallyaddressthegrowingworkforcedeficit,chane dapprovisionnement et des marchs publics, et veillertake action to resolve supply chain and procurement issues,ce que les rglements de paiement rapide soient finaliss. and ensure prompt payment regulations get finalized.LACECetleCNECConttinformsquelalgislation CRCA and NTCCC received notice of the federal promptfdrale sur le paiement rapide avait reu la sanction royale en payment legislation (PPL) getting Royal Assent back in Junejuin 2021. La pandmie a retard le processus, et nous avons 2021. The pandemic delayed the process, and we have alsogalement rencontr dautres obstacles comme des change-encountered other hurdles to finalize the legislation and bringments de personnelServices publics et Approvisionnement the regulations into effect, such as staffing changes at PublicCanada (SPAC). Cependant, la bonne nouvelle, cest que SPAC Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC). However, the goodsest engagconcrtiser le paiement dans les projets fdraux news is that PSPC is committed to bringing PPL to reality atet sur dautres chantiers dici lautomne 2022. federal projects and other job sites by fall 2022. These are still challenging times, and we encourage ourLes temps sont encore difficiles, et nous encourageons nos memberstogetinvolved.CRCAwillcontinuetoprovidemembressimpliquer. LACEC continuera de fournir des mises updates on our progress on these and other issues facing the jour sur les progrs que nous avons ralisslgard de ces roofing industry as we move ahead.questions et dautres qui touchent lindustrie de la toiture. I look forward to seeing you in Edmonton. Jai hte de vous voirEdmonton ! PRINTEMPS/T 2022 COUVERTURES CANADA 9'