OTTAWA – Representatives of Canada’s cement and concrete industry met in Ottawa recently to lobby Parliament Hill on how their sector fits into federal climate change initiatives.
"The cement and concrete industry is uniquely positioned to help all levels of government in Canada achieve their climate change priorities," said Michael McSweeney, president and CEO of the Cement Association of Canada, in a statement issued Oct. 17, the first of two days of advocacy for the association. "Our sector is also leading the clean economy transition, improving our environmental profile through constant innovation, and rapidly emerging as a massive cleantech opportunity for Canada to leverage."
The delegation includes the CEOs of Canada’s cement industry and representatives from the ready mixed concrete, insulated concrete forms, masonry, precast concrete and precast concrete pipe sectors. Meetings with government ministers, members of parliament, senators and senior civil servants were arranged over the two-day period.
In their meetings with elected officials and civil servants, the delegates were intending to discuss the economic benefits provided by the cement and concrete industry to local communities and how using life cycle criteria for federally funded infrastructure investments before the funds are transferred to provincial and municipal governments will help ensure tax dollars are spent most appropriately, the statement said.
Members of the Cement Association of Canada are Ciment Quebec Inc., Colacem Canada, CRH Canada Group, Federal White Cement Ltd., Lafarge Canada Inc., Lehigh Hanson Canada and St Marys Cement.
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