About the OTLRC
The OTLRC brings together the partners that are building the analytic tools to enhance and support Ontario’s organized construction sector.
The Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario (PBCTCO) represents workers. The Council’s mission is to give construction workers a voice in the workplace, to help ensure that workers are well-trained to meet industry needs, and to promote healthy and safe working conditions with fair wages, pensions, and benefits.
The Construction Employers Coordinating Council of Ontario (CECCO) represent employers. CECCO represents 22 trade employer bargaining agencies in the I.C.I. construction sector, totalling 8,000 trade and general contractors and employing in excess of 80,000 workers throughout the province.
The Electrical Power Systems Construction Association (EPSCA) represents member contractors. Serving over 100 member organizations, EPSCA negotiates and administers construction trade collective agreements on behalf of employers performing construction industry work for the Bulk Electrical System on Ontario Power Generation Inc., Bruce Power LP and Hydro One property.
These organizing partners engage their affiliated or associated local groups in this collaboration.
Governance
The Ontario Tripartite Labour Resource Council (OTLRC) was incorporated to enhance Ontario’s organized construction sector in meeting current and expected industry needs for skilled labour. This includes contributing to demand-supply forecasting, labour market analyses, apprenticeship and training supports, productivity improvement, worker mobility, and worker health and safety.
As a central part of this effort, OTLRC is overseeing the design, development, and implementation of the “Precision Analytics for Skilled Trades” platform.
The OTLRC is guided by an interim administrative board with a representative from the Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario (PBCTCO), the Construction Employers Coordinating Council of Ontario (CECCO), and the Electrical Power Systems Construction Association (EPSCA).
Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is one of the largest, most diverse power producers in North America, maintaining a modern, sophisticated energy fleet.
Bruce Power (BP)
Bruce Power is a Canadian-owned partnership of TC Energy, Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Systems, the Power Workers’ Union and The Society of United Professionals. Established in 2001, Bruce Power is Canada’s only private sector nuclear generator, annually producing 30 per cent of Ontario’s power.
Metrolinx
Metrolinx, an agency of the Government of Ontario under the Metrolinx Act, 2006, was created to improve the coordination and integration of all modes of transportation in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.
Hydro One Networks Inc.
Hydro One is Ontario’s largest electricity transmission and distribution service provider. They distribute electricity to nearly 1.5 million predominantly rural customers, or approximately 26% of the total number of customers in Ontario.
Alberici/Barton Malow
Alberici is a diversified construction company that partners with leading organizations throughout North America. It is among the largest and most respected general contractors in North America.
Boilermakers
United Association (Pipefitters)
Sheet Metal
Ironworkers
Insulators
The Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS)
The Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS) represents the collective interests of the unionized construction industry in Ontario’s industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) construction sector. As a joint labour-management organization, the OCS is dedicated to enhancing Ontario’s unionized ICI construction industry by developing relationships, facilitating dialogue, and providing value-added research.
BuildForce Canada
Originally created in 2001 as the Construction Sector Council, BuildForce Canada is a national industry-led organization committed to working with the construction industry to provide information and resources to assist with its management of workforce requirements. BuildForce Canada’s mandate is to support the labour market development needs of the construction and maintenance industry.