b'LABOURLABOUR FORCEPOPULATION Labour shortages in roofing,ACTIVE and elsewhere, requireLes pnuries decreative problem solving main-duvre ncessitentBy/par James Peters une approche innovanteThe following article is the second of a two-part feature on the issues surrounding the ongoing labour shortage in the roofing industry, as well as possible actions or remedies to combat them.Cet article est le second dune srie de deux traitant de la pnurie de main-duvre dans lindustrie de la toiture et des solutions envisageables.R eferring to his new stint as CRCA President and BoardL indsay Pochynuk, rcemment promula prsidence Chair, Lindsay Pochynuk says, Being at the helm of thedelACECetduconseildadministration,dclare: association is very rewarding because you know youre Diriger lassociation savre stimulant, bien que la crise giving back to the industrybut the labour shortages affect thede la main-duvre affecte aussi lACEC. Le bien-tre de ses CRCA as well. The greater the success of its members, the greatermembres est essentiel au succs de lAssociation. Quand des the success of the association. If roofing contractors are going outentrepreneurs capitulent, lACEC en subit les consquences : of business, that means the CRCA loses members, revenue andperte de membres, vaporation des fonds et disparition dun valuable experience. savoir-faire unique et prcieux. One of the ways the association is helping ameliorate theLAssociation sefforce de pallier cette pnurie en sollici-problemisbylobbyingthelocalandnationalgovernmentstant lintervention des gouvernements pour faciliter larrive to help get foreign workers into Canada. But Pochynuk adds,detravailleurstrangers.Toutefois,M.Pochynukprcise: Getting foreign workers isnt a panacea. I can bring people in Recourirdes travailleurs trangers nest pas une solution from other countries, pay for their relocations and even arrangemiracle. Je peux certes recruter des individus dautres pays, for temporary accommodations. But that same worker can alsocouvrirleursfraisdedplacementetmmeorganiserun go somewhere else if the location or benefits seem greater. Sohbergement temporaire pour eux. Mais ces mmes travail-again, this is not a simple problem to solve. leurs pourraient tre tents par dautres offres. Echoing Pochynuks experiences and observations in the trade,Tout comme M. Pochynyuk, Darran Light, collaborateurDarran Light from Laing Roofing in Kelowna, B.C. started out inLaing RoofingKelowna, a su tracer son chemin dans lengre-1987, soon after the contractor opened its doors. Light has beennage professionnel. En 1987, frachement embauch aprs la 24 ROOFING CANADA FALL/WINTER 2023'