b'PAIEMENT RAPIDEDmarrage au ralenti pour la LPR, cest vrai. Mais surprise, dautres gants du btiment se rallientla CNESC ! Ensemble, ilsfontpressionsurlesgouvernements.Le16avril2016 marque un tournant. Sur la scne du Snat, Don Plett savance. Sous son bras, le projet de loi S-224 sur les paiements dans lunivers des contrats de construction. Lintroduction du projet S-224 a finalement conduitla mise en uvre par le gouver-nement libral de la Loi fdrale sur le paiement rapide, ainsi qu la citation du snateur Plett dans le budget fdral 2016. En plus de dynamiser la mise en route de la LPR fdrale, les dmarches du snateur Plett ont rvl le caractre non partisan de la lgislation. Il est en effet singulier quun snateur conservateur ait t linstigateur dun projet de loi manant du gouvernement libral. Le snateur Plett, fort de son exprience dans la plomberie et le chauffage, acquise au sein de lentreprise familiale, perce-vait clairement la ncessit de la LPR.Je savaisquel point les entrepreneurs spcialiss taient confronts aux retards de Senator / snateur Don Plett. paiement, confie M. Plett. tant en bout de chane pour les paiements, leur seule option, avec la rglementation en place, grappling with the best way to address PPL in the constructiontait de se tourner vers les tribunaux. industry for more than a decade. Le snateur tait fermement persuad de la ncessit de la Though the movement on PPL was initially very slow, otherLPR pour assurer aux entrepreneurs spcialiss un droit lgal constructionorganizationseventuallyjoinedtheNTCCC un paiement en temps voulu etune rsolution expditive to push governments for the legislation. An important stepdeslitiges: Attendrequatreoucinqmoisplongeaitbon occurred on April 16, 2016, when Bill S-224An Act respectingnombre de petits entrepreneurs dans une prcarit financire payments made under construction contractswas introduced indueun processus quils ne matrisaient pas. Ctait tout the Senate by Senator Don Plett. The introduction of Bill S-224simplement inadmissible. ultimately led to the Liberal governments implementation of federal PPL, as well as citing Plett in the 2016 federal budget. Inadditiontokick-startingfederalPPL,SenatorPletts effortsalsohighlightedthelegislationsnon-partisannature in that a Conservative senator was the catalyst for the Liberal government billan unusual occurrence. Senator Plett had experience in the plumbing and heating trades through the family business and understood the necessity of PPL. I knew about the problems trade contractors had concerning reasonable payment timeframes, says Plett. As the last people in the payment chain, trade contractors had no recourse other than the courts to secure payment underBUILDINGcurrent regulations. thatPPLwasneededtogivetradeENVELOPEHefeltstrongly contractors and others in the construction payment chain theSOLUTIONSlegal right to be paid in a timely manner and to access a quick process for resolving disputes. Taking sometimes four or five months to get paid results in many small contractors getting in financial difficulties because of a process beyond their control,KNOWLEDGE RELATIONSHIPS SERVICEsays Plett. This was unacceptable.TheFederalPromptPaymentforConstructionWorkAct,ABOUT US PRODUCTSwhich received royal assent on June 21, 2019, includes rulesVAST ASSORTMENT OFconcerningnon-paymentofcontractorsandsubcontractorsCAPABILITY TO DELIVER ANY Low Slope RoofingBUILDING MATERIALS WITHSteep Slope Roofingperforming work for federal construction projects. While it isWHERE IN SOUTHERN WaterproofingONTARIOnot in effect yet, Senator Plett hopes it will come into force byWall Cladding & Insulationlate 2023.SixprovincesAlberta,Saskatchewan,Ontario,NovaPERIDOTSUPPLY.COM . 1-855-593-ROOFScotia, New Brunswick and Manitobahave their own PPL in place, and Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewans PPL have AUTOMNE/HIVER 2023 COUVERTURES CANADA 15'