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  • Tony Dean Report on the Ontario College of Trades

    04/12/2015

    On Friday, November 20, the Government of Ontario published the Tony Dean report on the Ontario College of Trades...

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  • City of Toronto Looking at Different Funding Models for Storm Water Management Capital Program

    18/11/2015

    On November 13, Toronto City Council authorized the development of a new dedicated cost-recovery funding model to pay...

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  • Environmental Commissioner Annual Report and Full Cost Pricing for Fresh Water

    05/11/2015

    On November 3rd, the new Environmental Commissioner (EC) of Ontario Ellen Schwartzel published her first Annual Report,...

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  • Eglinton Crosstown LRT Contract Signed

    05/11/2015

    On November 3, the Minister of Transportation Steven Del Duca announced that the construction and maintenance contract...

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  • Red Seal Certification for Heavy Equipment Operators

    14/10/2015

    The Ontario College of Trades has begun issuing notices to local construction associations informing them that...

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  • Ministry of Environment Update on Permit to Take Water Regulatory Changes

    14/10/2015

    The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) recently updated stakeholder Association's on the progress...

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  • OSWCA Submission to the WSIB Framework Reform Consultation

    02/10/2015

    Attached you will find the OSWCA's submission to the WSIB Rate Framework Reform Consultation. Our submission was made...

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  • Ministry of Labour Blitz on Working on or Around Heavy Equipment

    02/10/2015

    The Ministry of Labour (MOL) will be conducting a health and safety blitz on heavy equipment operations across the...

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  • OSWCA Submission to the Changing Workplaces Review

    24/09/2015

    Attached below is the OSWCA's submission to the Ministry of Labour's Changing Workplaces Review. Our submission...

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  • MTO Update on its Proposed Reclassification of Road-Building Machines

    03/09/2015

    Since an announcement was first made in the 2014 Ontario Budget, the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has been...

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  • WSIB Premium Rates Unchanged for 2016

    03/09/2015

    On August 27, the WSIB announced that premium rates for the construction industry in 2016 will not change; however the...

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  • GTAA and TTC to require COR Certification by January 2017

    03/09/2015

    In August, both the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) and the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) announced that...

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  • Update on the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan

    19/08/2015

    On August 11, Premier Kathleen Wynne laid out the initial details and implementation plan for the upcoming Ontario...

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  • Ministry of Labour – Chief Prevention Office: Advisory on Heat Stress

    10/08/2015

    Heat Stress on the job can affect any worker, regardless of occupation/sector, location or experience, and can also...

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  • WHMIS Transitioning to the Globally Harmonized System

    05/08/2015

    The Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) is undergoing a transition to adopt new international...

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  • Construction Lien Act Review – Requesting for Your Feedback

    22/07/2015

    Phase 2 of the provincial review of the Construction Lien Act (CLA) has now been launched. The objective of this...

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  • WSIB Rate Framework Modernization Update

    22/07/2015

    The WSIB has been undertaking a broad consultation process on its new Rate Framework Modernization project. As a...

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  • WSIB Rate Framework Reform – Analysis for Rate Groups 711 & 732

    16/07/2015

    The WSIB is continuing to work through it Rate Framework Reform (RFR) exercise, with the intention of overhauling how...

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  • Bill 109 – Proposing Changes to Legislation to further Protect Injured Workers

    08/07/2015

    On May 28th, the government tabled Bill 109, the Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, which proposes to...

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  • City of Toronto Piloting New Acceleration/Delay Cost Contracts

    08/07/2015

    On June 17, the City of Toronto (CoT) Public Works Committee approved recommendations made by City Staff to pilot new...

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  • GTSWCA Scholarship - Now Accepting Applications

    29/06/2015

    The Greater Toronto Sewer and Watermain Contractors’ Association (GTSWCA) is launching a new...

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  • WSIAT Decision on Premium Rebates and the WSIB Fatal Claim Policy

    16/06/2015

    The Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) recently issued a decision dealing with the WSIB fatal...

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  • Construction Lien Act Review Underway

    16/06/2015

    In February 2015, the Government of Ontario launched a review of the Construction Lien Act. Bruce Reynolds, a...

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  • More Information: New Employer Requirements under the ESA, Construction Exemptions

    02/06/2015

    In follow-up to a Member Bulletin sent last week detailing new employer requirements under the Employment Standards...

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  • Ontario Creates Construction Health and Safety Advisory Group

    02/06/2015

    On May 21, the Government of Ontario announced the creation of a new Construction Health and Safety Advisory Group to...

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  • Ontario Launches Consultations on Infrastructure Priorities outside of the GTHA

    27/05/2015

    The Government of Ontario is launching consultations to inform the design of new infrastructure programs and a...

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  • Ontario Ensuring Workers Understand Rights & Obligations in the Workplace

    27/05/2015

    New changes to Ontario's Employment Standards Act, 2000 came into effect on May 20th that aim to assist workers in...

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  • OSWCA Submission to Standing Committee Bill 6

    27/05/2015

    On May 25, the OSWCA made an oral and written submission to the government Standing Committee on General Government as...

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  • LockedCity of Toronto - Soliciting Feedback from Sewer & Watermain Contractors

    20/05/2015

    The City of Toronto has issued a Request for Information (document no. 5003-15-5042) to all Sewer and Watermain...

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  • Improving Ontario's One Call System: An RCCAO Study

    15/05/2015

    Recently, the RCCAO released a study entitled Improving Ontario's One Call System: How to achieve more timely utility...

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  • Legal Overview of the College of Trades and its Enforcement Capacities

    12/05/2015

    On May 12, Mike Sherrard (Sherrard Kuzz LLP) presented a broad overview of the evolution of the Ontario College of...

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  • Changes to WHMIS Regulation

    12/05/2015

    Since 1988, the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) has been Canada’s national...

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  • Ministry of Labour Advisory on Ladder Safety

    05/05/2015

    Improper use of ladders on construction projects can pose a hazard and continues to be a major cause of workplace...

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  • CPO Statement on Recent Spike in Falls from Heights

    05/05/2015

    In the past three weeks, the number of falls from heights in this province has been absolutely unacceptable. We have...

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  • WSIB Rate Framework Reform Proposal

    05/05/2015

    What is the gist of it? The WSIB has developed a proposal to overhaul how it assess and charges employer...

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  • Ontario Budget 2015 -Key Highlights

    24/04/2015

    On April 23, the Ontario Liberal Party introduced its provincial Budget for 2015. The budget was interesting in that...

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  • Ministry of Labour Spring Construction Blitz - Struck-by Objects

    21/04/2015

    Beginning on May 1st and running through the end of June, the Ministry of Labour (MOL) will be performing its annual...

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  • The Handbook for Traffic Control Persons

    21/04/2015

    The IHSA has updated its Handbook for Traffic Control Persons (TCP). It is important to remember that all TCPs must be...

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  • Government of Ontario Announces a new Cap & Trade system to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    14/04/2015

    On April 13, Premier Kathleen Wynne announced a new cap and trade system in Ontario to limit greenhouse gas (GHG)...

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  • City of Toronto Spring Clean-up Construction Activity within the City's Right-of-Way

    14/04/2015

    As the Spring season has already begun, the ensuing warmer temperatures and subsequent thawing of snow and ice will...

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  • Ontario One Call Service Announcement

    14/04/2015

    Please note that on April 13th, 2015 ON1Call will be making a feature change to its system regarding ticket generation...

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  • Chief Prevention Office Advisory on Construction Emergency Response Procedures

    14/04/2015

    Construction Site Emergency Preparation Every construction project must have emergency response procedures in...

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  • New Certificate of Recognition (COR) Requirements for IO Projects

    07/04/2015

    As of April 1, 2015, Infrastructure Ontario (IO) implemented a new requirement for companies to be COR certified when...

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  • OSWCA Update on the Ontario One Call

    01/04/2015

    As you are aware, sewer and watermain contractors are continuing to deal with significant delays in receiving timely...

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  • New Report Calls for Modernizing Ontario’s Skilled Trades System

    30/03/2015

    A new report written by Dawson Strategic for a number of prominent Ontario Construction Associations highlights the...

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  • RCCAO Report – Improving Ontario’s One Call System

    30/03/2015

    A new report from RCCAO reviewed the provincial One Call system and found that excessively late responses to locate...

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  • CPO Message - Working at Heights Update Advisory

    23/03/2015

    Falls due to unsafe work practices are the number-one cause of critical worker injuries and fatalities on Ontario...

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  • MTO Proposal to Increase the Reportable Accident Threshold in the Province

    19/03/2015

    As part of the OSWCA advocacy efforts (alongside ORBA and the Ontario Waste Management Association) to adjust some of...

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  • Permit to Take Water - Technical Paper on Proposed Changes

    18/03/2015

    The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) has published a Technical Discussion Paper on Proposed...

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  • IHSA Approved Training Provider for the Working at Heights Training Program

    17/03/2015

    he Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) has now been approved by the Chief Prevention Office as a...

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  • Update on MTO Proposal to Reclassify Road Building Machines under HTA

    13/03/2015

    On March 10th and 11th the MTO hosted public consultations in Toronto and North Bay on its proposal to revise the...

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  • LockedOntario One Call Breakfast Seminar

    05/03/2015

    On Thursday, March 5th, 2015, the GTSWCA will be hosting a breakfast seminar with Ontario One Call at the Bellvue...

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  • New Requirements for Working at Heights

    20/02/2015

    As of April 1, 2015, amendments to O. Reg. 297/13 Occupational Health and Safety Awareness and Training under the...

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  • First Aid Course Announcement

    20/02/2015

    GTSWCA will continue to cover the cost of your 1st employee and every other employee thereafter (i.e. 1st, 3rd, 5th,...

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  • Tony Dean Review of the Ontario College of Trades - OSWCA Approach

    23/01/2015

    Background After an extensive opposition campaign around the Ontario College of Trades (OCOT) in the lead-up to...

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  • Overview of Changes Coming from the Stronger Workplaces for Stronger Economy Act, 2014

    12/01/2015

    On November 20, 2014, Bill 18 – Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 received royal...

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  • Request for Contractor Examples of One Call Delays

    06/01/2015

    The OSWCA has been diligently trying to rectify the current locate situation our sector is facing through a variety of...

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