/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Canadian Building Trades Policy Conference - Skilled Trades Talk the Power of Membership/

OTTAWA, May 6, 2013 /CNW/ - Canada's Building Trades Unions are hosting their annual Conference May 6-8th, 2013 in Gatineau, QC. More than 500 leaders from the construction industry from across Canada and the United States will be in attendance. This year is a policy conference wherein delegates will be formulating policy, listening to and working with representatives from the Government of Canada, Canada's political parties, important construction stakeholders and various provincial governments.

The following speakers will address the conference on Tuesday, May 7th between 9am and 1pm:
Sean McGarvey, President, Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO
Ian Large, Vice President, Leger Marketing
Chris Charlton , Member of Parliament for Hamilton Mountain
Thomas Mulcar, Member of Parliament for Outremont, Leader of the Official Opposition
The Honourable Diane Finley, Member of Parliament for Haldimand - Norfolk, Minister HRSDC

Tuesday May 7^th 2pm- 4pm
Howard Whittaker Partner, Gordon Group
Jeff Messinger, Director,  Marketing , Gordon Group

Wednesday May 8^th between 12 noon and 4:30pm features:
Honourable Lisa Raitt , Minister, Labour Program, HRSDC
Nathan Lemphers, Senior Policy Analyst, Pembina Institute
Rodger Cuzner,. Member of Parliament, Cape Breton / Canso
Justin Trudeau, Member of Parliament, Papineau , Leader of the Liberal Party

Location: Hilton Lac Leamy, Conference Centre (lower level) Ballroom

For a full program visit our website at  www.buildingtrades.ca

About BCTD

In Canada, the BCTD represents 500,000 skilled trades workers. The North America-wide Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labour-Congress of Industrial Organizations) coordinates activities and provides resources to 15 affiliated trade unions in the construction and manufacturing industries. It has 386 state, provincial and local councils in Canada and the United States.

SOURCE: Building & Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO

Christopher Smillie, Government Relations and Public
Affairs, Office, Cell: [phone]/ [email protected]