Saskatchewan’s Budget 2024 supports attraction, training, and retention of skilled labour

The Government of Saskatchewan’s last budget before this fall’s provincial election delivered positive news for the Association of Maintenance Contractors of Canada (AMCC) and our industry partners to meet the growing labour market needs. Saskatchewan is experiencing record levels of capital investment. As the provincial economy continues to thrive,...

Budget 2024 Highlights the Critical Need for Labour Strategies to Support Alberta’s Maintenance Industry

The Government of Alberta’s Budget 2024 offered some positive news for Association ofMaintenance Contractors of Canada and our industry partners with several initiatives designedto meet the province’s short and long-term labour market needs. These initiatives include morefunding to increase apprenticeship...

AMCC 2024 Strategic Priorities

Planning for the future Following a busy launch year for the Association of Maintenance Contractors (AMCC), our board and staff have been working behind the scenes to set priorities for 2024. Now that we have built the foundation for the...

2023 President’s Report

After many years of discussion and consultation, the Association of Maintenance Contractors of Canada (AMCC) was created with the formation of a Federal-not-for-Profit Corporation and the establishment of a Board of Directors in January 2023. This action was commenced in...

Eventful Inaugural Year for AMCC

Message from the AMCC Board As we near the end of AMCC’s first year as an association, we’d like to thank everyone who contributed their efforts to help us successfully launch the organization. We especially thank those who shared their...

Unlocking Opportunities: NAIT’s Commitment to Apprenticeship Education

Matt Lindberg, NAIT’s Dean for the School of Skilled Trades, presented at AMCC’s inaugural AGM June 13, 2023. In this guest blog, Matt provides key insight to his presentation. When you think about the future of our workforce and the...

Ensuring Safe Work Environments for All: A Call for Proper Fitting PPE

At AMCC’s inaugural AGM, a team of women shared why we need to better for women in the industry and enhance safety standards. In this guest blog, Carrie Quaschnick, Angela Hughes, Charlena Fong and Lina Nguyen share why current PPE...

Uniting Maintenance Contractors

Building trades maintenance contractors performed over 23 million workforce hours across Canada under the GPMC/NMC Agreements in 2022. While the number of hours has varied over the years, building trades maintenance work has far surpassed new construction activity in the...

Industry-wide collaborations lead to best-in-class results

For many years the Maintenance Industry was the “poor cousin” to construction; maintenance was viewed to be the fill-in between long-term construction projects. That is no longer the situation; there are fewer and fewer long-term construction projects but there are...