TCA Environmental Committee Seminar - City of Toronto Now and the Future: Municipal Policy Updates - October 23

- October 23, 20249:00 AM - 10:00 AM (local time)
Virtual via Zoom

FOCUS OF THIS SEMINAR:

The City of Toronto has ambitious goals for Green House Gas (GHG) reductions through TransformTO. To achieve these emission goals, the City of Toronto has taken a multi-pronged approach to the building sector.

Join us on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, via Zoom, to hear from the City of Toronto’s New Development and Existing Buildings teams on what is currently in place and what is to come and when. You will hear the speakers touch on policy, programs and support mechanisms put in place to get the city of Toronto on a path to Net Zero Carbon.

This 2-part session will feature a by-law discussion, as well as lay out existing and future standards that are to be implemented in buildings within the City. A Q&A session will follow the presentation.

SEMINAR MODERATOR

Sandra Burnell, BES, BArch, OAA, Principal, Revay and Associates Limited

Sandra Burnell is the chair of the Toronto Construction Association’s Environmental Committee. With more than 35 years of experience in the construction industry, she has sat on various construction related committees and spoken at a number of industry events. She was the Senior Architect for the $4.4 billion Airport Development Project while working for Transport Canada and the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) before joining the PCL/Aecon Joint Venture team as the Commissioning and QA/QC Manager for the GTAA’s $2.1 billion Terminal One Project. In 2006, Sandra joined Revay and Associates Limited where she is now a Principal. At Revay she has become proficient in the preparation of claims and expert reports. While successfully testifying on behalf of her clients in the courts, Sandra has also participated in numerous successful mediations.

Sandra is a registered architect and has completed both a Bachelor of Environmental Science and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Waterloo.

PANELISTS

Zac Zandona P.Eng, Program Manager, City of Toronto, Environment and Climate Division, New Developments

Zac is a Program Manager with the City of Toronto’s Environment and Climate Division. With an engineering background, his work has been focused on decarbonizing new developments through the implementation of the Toronto Green Standard Energy and Emissions requirements for the last 5 and a half years.

Duncan MacLellan CEM, Program Manager, City of Toronto, Environment and Climate Division, Existing Buildings

Duncan MacLellan is a Project Manager in the City of Toronto's Environment and Climate Division working with existing buildings and infrastructure around the city of Toronto. With almost 15 years in the energy and climate space, Duncan has previously worked for the utility side and private contractors looking at the energy use in buildings. Currently, he is responsible for channel partners, new opportunities and external relations for all existing building programs.

Category:
TCA Event, TCA / TCIC Seminar

Organizer:
Vishawn Thompson

Registration

Registration deadline: October 23, 2024.

Trump Executive Order Launches Trade War

Important Update: President Trump Pauses Tariff’s on Canada for at Least 30 Days

Dear TCA members,

As you know, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods over the weekend that will take effect tomorrow morning and have enormous economic consequences. Prime Minister Trudeau has predictably released a list of goods subject to a retaliatory tariff and so begins the trade war. The impacts of the U.S trade tax and the Trudeau retaliatory countermeasures will be considerable and will absolutely affect the Canadian construction industry.

This trade war is not going away any time soon. Trump is prone to drama as we know and his threats relating to NAFTA during his last term as President were bad but not devastating by the time the new trade agreement was signed. Since then, the U.S. trade deficit with Canada has grown from $31 billion to closer to $100 billion. That’s the real reason for the trade war. The cross-border fentanyl distribution argument was a means to an end and was presumably used to justify the emergency measures legislation. Our best guess is that this new trade war will have severe and enduring impacts on TCA members.

In the coming months, news channels will be filled with stories about trade wars and their impacts but likely not satisfy your need to understand how your day-to-day businesses will be affected. Our focus at TCA will be on sharing industry-specific impacts including strategic best practices which we commit to share with TCA members as new information becomes available.

In the interest of ensuring that we are sharing meaningful and helpful information, TCA is already negotiating with an international trade strategy consultant in the hope that a strategic partnership with trade impact experts will add genuine and unique value for TCA members. I also serve on the Board of the Canadian Construction Association with whom I have been communicating 24-7 since the executive order was signed on Saturday. Rest assured that CCA is in constant contact with the federal government to analyze the Trudeau countermeasures and influence the go-forward strategy of trade negotiators. That too will be shared as it happens.

In the interim, please don’t hesitate to share your views and/or ask for assistance. We exist to serve the needs of our members and the road ahead will indeed be challenging.

Respectfully,
John Mollenhauer
President and CEO

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