GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
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2024 Federal Budget: "Fairness for every generation" 

Today, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland tabled the 2024 Federal Budget: “Fairness for Every Generation”. This year’s budget focuses on key themes of housing, affordability, economic growth, and fairness for younger generations, with several measures geared towards Millennials and Gen Z voters.

Housing measures include a $6 billion infrastructure program, a $400 million top-up of the already operational housing accelerator fund, and a $15 billion expansion of the apartment construction loan program. $600 million was also committed to a series of homebuilding innovation efforts aimed at scaling up modular and prefabricated homes. The government will also sell-off underused federal properties for building rentals, finding savings of $3.9 billion over 10 years.

Read Memo from IMPACT Public Relations

On December 13, 2023, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, announced that as of December 9, 2023, all existing construction contracts will have one year to comply with the Federal Prompt Payment for Construction Work Act. READ MORE.

CIQS CALLS FOR URGENT REFORMS IN THE FACE OF THE AFFORDABILITY AND HOUSING CRISIS DURING CIQS DAY ON THE HILL OCTOBER 2023

 

A CIQS delegation traveled to Ottawa to speak with Members of Parliament about the oversights by the federal government, highlighting the pressing need for reforms to address the mounting housing affordability crisis. In addition to the meetings with MPs, the delegation held a press conference on Parliament Hill, hosted a stakeholder breakfast and a Parliament Hill evening reception.

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PROMPT PAYMENT & ADJUDICATION

CIQS participated in the advocacy effort to fight payment delays on construction projects in Canada.  Bill 142, Construction Lien Amendment Act, 2017, advocates for prompt payment and became law in Ontario on October 1, 2019.

Bill 142

FEDERAL/INDUSTRY REAL PROPERTY ADVISORY COUNCIL
(FIRPAC)

CIQS became a member of FIRPAC in 2019 and has been an active member at their meetings in Ottawa since.  The meetings are created to hold open discussion on high level policy issues between senior representatives from each of the member organizations.  Agenda items include discussions regarding planning and management of Federal Real Properties, such as 

  • facilities management,
  • quantity surveying,
  • landscape architecture,
  • construction,
  • heritage, and
  • interior design

with the intent to open constructive dialogues with relevant Federal government departments.