b'PROVINCIAL ASSOCIATION UPDATESRAISINGTHE ROOF RELEVER LE TOIT CRCA and provincialLACEC et les organisations organizations working provinciales sefforcent damliorer to enhance roofing recruitment le recrutementBy/par James PetersW hile its fair to say the trades in general have enjoyedS il est vrai que les mtiers en gnral jouissent dune a steady growth in respectability, roofing, it seems,respectabilit croissante, il semble que la couverture still suffers from an image problem. But as manysouffre encore dun problme dimage. Ceux qui ont who started their careers in roofing will tell you, there arecommenc leur carrire dans la couverture vous diront quil y multiple advantages and opportunities for anyone willing toa de nombreux avantages pour ceux qui sont prtsessayer give the trade a try.ce mtier. The reality is that a non-residential roofer in Canada is La ralit est quun couvreur non rsidentiel exerce un a Red Seal trade, which is still highly respected. Getting thatmtierSceaurouge,encoretrsrespect.Lobtentionde designation means you can move to other worksites across thecette dsignation signifie que vous pouvez vous dplacercountry, so roofing remains a very stable profession, providestravers le pays, de sorte que la couverture reste une profes-good wages, and youll never be out of work, says CRCAsion trs stable, qui offre de bons salaires , explique Jim Executive Director Jim Facette. Facette, directeur gnral de lACEC.Werecognizethatattractingworkerstoroofinghas Nous reconnaissons quil est de plus en plus difficile become increasingly difficult. But together with all eight ofdattirerdestravailleurs.Maisavecleshuitassociations the independent provincial roofing associations across Canada,provinciales indpendantes du Canada, lACEC travaille dar-CRCA is working hard to resolve these issues, he adds. Wererache-pied pour rsoudre ces problmes .Nous faisons lobbying the federal government to understand that the currentpression sur le fdral pour quil comprenne que le systme immigration system and rigid rules really dont work for us. Ivedimmigration ne nous convient pas. Jai rencontr person-met personally with the Minister of Immigration and seniornellement le ministre de limmigration et des vice-ministres ; officials at the Deputy Minister level; CRCA has also done a lotlACEC a galement beaucoup travaill sur le recrutement au of work on recruitment at the federal government level. niveau du gouvernement fdral. The feds arent deliberately putting up roadblocks. But the Les autorits fdrales ne mettent pas dlibrment des system doesnt promote our sector enough, which is what werebtons dans les roues. Mais le systme ne promeut pas assez trying to change. notre secteur, et cest ce que nous essayons de changer. WhatfollowsaresomeperspectivesontherecruitmentVoici quelques points de vue sur la question du recrute-issue from the eight provincial roofing organizations:ment, exprims par les huit organisations provinciales : EXCLUSIVITY SPECIALIZE sIN ALL KIND sOF ROOFING DRAINS CONTROL FLOW CYLINDER ULTRA MEK DUO PROCAST DRAIN ROOFING ACCESSORIES, SHEET METAL CONTROL FLOWSOFTWARESERVICE CENTER 514.937.3275 I 1 877 MURPHCO4955, Brock St., Montral QCH4E 1B5 QUEBECWAREHOUSE - SAINT-LUC www.produitsmurphco.com PRODUCTS19, St-Grard St., St-Jean-sur-Richelieu QC J2W 1P340 ROOFING CANADA SPRING/SUMMER 20241023-4_Murphco_AD_ENG 7x2.indd 1 2017-11-02 3:42 PM'