Media Invited to Attend Key Plenary at CBTU's "Our Skills, Our Voice" Annual Conference

OTTAWA, ON, April 29, 2025 /CNW/ - Canada's Building Trades Unions (CBTU) invites members of the media to attend a high-impact plenary session at its annual conference, Our Skills, Our Voice, bringing together leaders from labour, industry, and government to discuss the future of skilled trades in Canada.

Plenary Session – Our Skills, Our Voice

This dynamic session will explore the role of skilled trades in shaping Canada's economy, workforce development, and just transition strategies. Expect timely discussions on apprenticeships, labour mobility, infrastructure investment, and inclusion in the skilled trades workforce.

Speakers include:

• Dalton McGuinty, Former Premier of Ontario
• Jason Kenney, Former Premier of Alberta
• Dwight Ball, Former Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Jim Hogarth, Executive Director & Curtis Houston, Co-Founder and Chair, Helmets to Hardhats
• The Honourable Rajan Sawhney, Minister of Advanced Education, Alberta
• Senator Andrew Cardozo, Senator for Ontario
• Ken Sandmoen, Board Chair, AMCC
• Mandy Kaiser, co-chair AMCC
• Robert Kucheran, co-chair AMCC
• Marc Wahl, Leader, Turnaround, NOVA Chemicals

WHEN:

Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Plenary begins at 1:00 PM EST
Media check-in opens 30 minutes prior

WHERE:
Westin Hotel Ottawa
11 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ON

With skilled trades playing a pivotal role in Canada's transition to a low-carbon economy and in meeting labour demands in infrastructure and housing, this plenary offers critical insight and firsthand perspectives from the frontlines of construction and labour.

SOURCE Canada's Building Trades Unions

MEDIA RSVP REQUIRED: Please RSVP to: Jennifer White, [email protected], 613-818-7776