Advocacy

On June 9, the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association wrote a letter to several ministers and the Prime Minister’s office to draw attention to the ongoing labour negotiations at Canada’s West Coast ports. The BCMEA and ILWU are negotiating two coastwide collective agreements on behalf of the Longshore Locals and Local 514 Ship and Dock […]

CIFFA’s national committees meet several times a year to discuss relevant issues or developments that may affect member companies. Following is a look at what committee members discussed and decided at their most-recent meetings. (Read full article here.)

Lobbying a government can be suspenseful; we often don’t know if we are being heard or not. Recent federal budgets focused on social issues and had virtually nothing to say about Canada’s economic competitiveness. We have been aggressive in 2022-2023 in demanding more attention to the critical transportation needed to allow business to fight effectively […]

CIFFA wrote to several government ministers to draw attention to the ongoing labour negotiations at Canada’s West Coast ports. The BCMEA and ILWU are negotiating two coastwide collective agreements on behalf of the Longshore Locals and Local 514 Ship & Dock Foremen respectively. CIFFA’s members regard this situation as potentially one of the most significant […]

CIFFA’s national committees meet several times a year to discuss relevant issues or developments that may affect member companies. Most of the committees last met in January. Following is a look at what committee members discussed and decided at those meetings. (Read full text)

After nearly three years of historic turmoil, Canada is navigating a changing global economy—one that is presenting both challenges and opportunities for Canadians and Canadian businesses. The federal government, ahead of Budget 2023, has asked to hear ideas about how to help Canadians succeed while building stronger, greener, more competitive, more innovative, and more inclusive […]