Organization
Canada's Building Trades Unions
- Meetings this Parliament
- 21
- With MPs
- 5
- Since Nov 2021
- 146
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Jan 8, 2026.
Lobbying by Canada's Building Trades Unions: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.
← LobbyingRegistrations in effect
In-house (organization) In effect since Jul 1, 2026 Receives government funding
Filed by Sean Strickland, Executive Director
Lobbyists
- Sean Strickland · Executive Director
Institutions they may lobby: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA), Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), Canadian Energy Regulator (CER), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Competition Tribunal (CT), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Defence Construction Canada (DCC), Elections Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Justice Canada (JC), National Capital Commission (NCC), National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), Office of the Procurement Ombudsman (OPO), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Service Labour Relations Board (PSLRB), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Senate of Canada, Service Canada (ServCan), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
What they're lobbying on (25)Hide details
- Advocating for enhanced coordination in relation to the Major Projects Office, major projects, and national workforce planning.
- General discussion with industry partners regarding workforce, training, and policy considerations relevant to major energy and infrastructure sectors.
- Discussion of shipbuilding industry opportunities and related workforce and policy considerations
- Advocating for the government to use Community Benefits Agreements/Community Employment Benefits Agreements on federally funded infrastructure projects.
- Advocating for the harmonization of health and safety certifications federally, and provincially, to promote skilled trades workforce mobility.
- Advocating for the government to fund, develop, and publish sophisticated construction labour market data on projects in the national interest to ensure skilled trades labour supply is consistent and maximizes Canadian jobs.
- Advocating for the implementation of labour?related conditions, including prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements, in relation to Bill C?5 infrastructure projects
- Advocacy in support of the Clean Economy Investment Tax Credits, including labour conditions, and their effectiveness.
- Advocating for increase to the labour mobility tax deduction and index it to inflation.
- Enhancement of the Union Training and Innovation Program with brick?and?mortar funding and reinstatement of Canadian Apprenticeship Services, the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant, and the Apprenticeship Completion Grant
- Advocating for measures to support workers impacted by tariff-related trade impacts in the construction sector.
- Advocating for investments in infrastructure including in renewable technologies, nuclear energy, infrastructure, transit, and large-scale public investments.
- Fall Economic Statement - with respect to recommendations that support the Building Trades and construction sector.
- To oppose any potential tax measures to be enacted by the Federal Government on Union members or pensioners who receive a private supplemental health and dental plan which is paid for by an employer , collective bargaining agreement or pension plan.
- The impact on employment opportunities for skilled trades workers in Canada and the effect on training opportunities in primary and emerging industries.
- Temporary foreign workers - advocating for the needs of the industry including the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and International Mobility Program.
- Pipeline projects - discussing the benefits to the economy and employment of these type of projects in Canada
- Legislation to implement a skilled trades workforce mobility tax deduction.
- Immigration - advocating for the long-term labourforce needs of the construction industry.
- Federal Budget - with respect to recommendations that support the Building Trades and construction sector.
- Apprenticeship & Training Employment and Skills Development and the Red Seal Secretariat to continue to promote and use the Red Seal Program.
- Advocating for childcare programs that help our members.
- Advocating for changes to the Employment Insurance program to better support workers.
- Advocacy in support of Canadian skilled trades workers on cross-border issues with respect to the United States.
- Advocacy for supports for displaced workers, particularly in the energy sector, as the economy transitions to Net Zero.
Registration 946509-47-69. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
Spreadsheet-
Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Farangies Shah · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Employment and Training
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Debbie Scharf · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
EnergyLabourNatural Resources
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Jagmeet Singh · Leader of the NDP, House of Commons
Employment and TrainingImmigrationLabour
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Bud Sambasivam · Deputy Director, Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
LabourTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Farangies Shah · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Kelly Bryant · Director of Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Employment and Training
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Rosemarie Falk · Member of Parliament
Employment and TrainingEnergyImmigrationLabour
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Farangies Shah · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Amrick Gill · Regional Advisor, West and North, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Employment and TrainingImmigrationLabour
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Tracy Gray · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
Employment and TrainingImmigration
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Chris Lewis · Member of Parliament
- Pierre Poilievre · Member of Parliament
Employment and TrainingImmigrationInfrastructureLabour
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Larry Maguire · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
ImmigrationLabour
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Farangies Shah · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Employment and TrainingLabour
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Farangies Shah · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Kelly Bryant · Director of Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Employment and TrainingLabour
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Sean Fraser · Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
- Julie Dzerowicz · Member of Parliament
- Judy A. Sgro · Member of Parliament
- Terry Sheehan · Member of Parliament
and 3 moreShow fewer
- Peter Fonseca · Member of Parliament
- Francesco Sorbara · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
- Kyle Nicholson · Director of Policy, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
ImmigrationLabour
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Sean Fraser · Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
- Savannah DeWolfe · Director of Operations and Legal Affairs, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
ImmigrationLabour
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Holly Duggan · Director of Stakeholder Relations, House of Commons
Labour
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Farangies Shah · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Kaylie Stathopulos · Policy Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Fiona Simons · Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Kelly Bryant · Director of Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
and 2 moreShow fewer
- Julia Van Drie · Director of Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Chrystina Dundas · Western Regional Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Employment and TrainingLabourNatural Resources
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Julia Van Drie · Director of Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Farangies Shah · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Crystina Dundas · Regional Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Labour
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Kyle Nicholson · Director of Policy, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
ImmigrationLabour
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Chrystia Freeland · Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
BudgetEmployment and TrainingImmigrationLabour
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Brad Redekopp · Member of Parliament
ImmigrationLabour
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Kelly Bryant · Director of Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Julia Van Drie · Director of Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Crystina Dundas · Regional Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Farangies Shah · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Labour
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Crystina Dundas · Regional Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Farangies Shah · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Kaylie Stathopulos · Parliamentary and Regional Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Tony Maas · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
and 3 moreShow fewer
- Nathalie Gahimbare · Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
- Rebecca Caldwell · Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
- Fiona Simons · Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Labour
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Eric Gustavson · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Employment and Training
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Anthony Housefather · Parliamentary Secretary, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Government ProcurementLabour
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Reported by Sean Strickland · In-house (organization)
- Kelly Bryant · Director of Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Julia Van Drie · Director of Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Crystina Dundas · Regional Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Labour
From the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying's open data, published November 5, 2026. Reports cover oral, arranged meetings with designated public office holders since November 22, 2021; lobbyists file them by the 15th of the following month. Names of MPs are matched to the current House of Commons, and bills are linked when the lobbyist's own description makes clear which bill it means. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement — Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Licence. PolitiKit is independent and is not endorsed by the Commissioner of Lobbying.