HRAI Champions HVACR Industry on Parliament Hill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On May 9th and 10th, HRAI’s Board of Directors and a handful of dedicated volunteers joined CEO Sandy MacLeod and Vice President of Government and Stakeholder Relations Martin Luymes in a series of impactful meetings on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.  The group met with Members of Parliament to discuss key policy issues of interest to members.  The HRAI team was joined by a delegation from ASHRAE that included six volunteers.

Mostly intent on building awareness, the team engaged with 15 different MPs and Senators from three political parties, as well as key staff at the US Embassy, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Opposition Leader’s Office (OLO).

The delegation shared some basic messages with government leaders, among them that the HVACR industry must be given the freedom to lead the way on actions to reduce carbon emissions in homes and buildings across Canada, with appropriate supports from government.  That means support for workforce development to facilitate the transition to new technologies, but also insisting that industry has a seat at the table much earlier in the process of program and policy development. The group also discussed support for Indoor Air Quality, trades training and domestic manufacturing of low carbon HVACR technologies.

On May 10th, the volunteer group met in a roundtable setting with senior staff at Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Environment and Climate Change Canada and the National Research Council (NRC) building code development team.

HRAI thanks the following dedicated volunteers for their commitment to this initiative:

  • HRAI Board Chair Tara Smith, Mr, Furnace
  • Mathieu Cardinal, RefPlus
  • Chris Hann, Wolseley
  • Rachel Hilling, Kinghome
  • Victor Hyman, ClimateCare Canada
  • Jim McAughey, Standard Mechanical
  • Peter Messenger, A1 Air Conditioning & Heating
  • Mike Miller, Taco
  • Joe Muchynski, Arvin Air Systems
  • Sonny Pirotta, Panasonic Canada
  • Martin Rego, Rheem

HRAI also thanks the following ASHRAE volunteers: Ghina Annan, Darryl Boyce, Doug Cochrane, Bill Dean, Ron Gagnon, Michel Genin and Adrianne Mitani

For more information, contact Martin Luymes at 1-800-267-2231 ext. 235 or email mluymes@hrai.ca. 

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HRAI/ASHRAE Joint Statement shared with MPs

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Martin Luymes, Tara Smith, Senator Don Plett, Mike Miller

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Front: Tara Smith, Senator Judy White. Rear: Bill Dean Jim McAughey, Martin Luymes, Mike Miller, Sonny Pirrotta.

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