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  • Ontario Prevention Council Statement on COVID-19 Vaccination

    16/06/2021
    Getting vaccinated is critical to protecting yourself, your family and those who are most vulnerable in your community....

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  • Ontario Arbitrator Upholds COVID-19 Rapid Testing on Construction Sites as Reasonable

    14/06/2021
    EllisDon Construction Ltd. required all persons entering affected job sites to provide a negative Covid-19 rapid...

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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
    The 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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  • OSWCA Submission to the Tony Dean Review of the Ontario College of Trades

    13/03/2015
    On March 13th, OSWCA made its official written submission (attached) to the Tony Dean Review of the Ontario College of...

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