CIFFA Committee Meetings – March and April 2023
Committees May 08, 2023
CIFFA’s national committees meet several times a year to discuss relevant issues or developments that may affect member companies. Following is a look at what committee members discussed and decided at their most-recent meetings. (Read full article here.)
CIFFA Comments on 2023 Federal Budget
Policy Statements March 29, 2023
Lobbying a government can be suspenseful; we often don’t know if we are being heard or not. Recent federal budgets focused on social issues and had virtually nothing to say about Canada’s economic competitiveness. We have been aggressive in 2022-2023 in demanding more attention to the critical transportation needed to allow business to fight effectively […]
CIFFA Letter Regarding West Coast Ports Labour Negotiations
Letters March 27, 2023
CIFFA wrote to several government ministers to draw attention to the ongoing labour negotiations at Canada’s West Coast ports. The BCMEA and ILWU are negotiating two coastwide collective agreements on behalf of the Longshore Locals and Local 514 Ship & Dock Foremen respectively. CIFFA’s members regard this situation as potentially one of the most significant […]