Welcome New President & Board
New ECA Ottawa President, Johannes Ziebarth, CEO of Ziebarth Electric Company, is pleased to welcome the 2022-2023 Board of Directors as elected at ECA Ottawa’s…
CITY UPDATES VACCINATION POLICY
To align with the easing of restrictions by the Province, the City of Ottawa will be amending its Mandatory Vaccination Policy to apply only to…
Mask Mandate Ends Today
Masks are no longer mandatory in most indoor settings in Ontario. The Ontario government has lifted the mask mandate for indoor settings, including schools, restaurants,…
Lifting MandatorY Masks
On March 9, 2022, Dr. Kieran Moore, Chief Medical Officer of Health issued a statement lifting mandatory masking as of March 21, 2022. With continued…
WSIB Employer Rebates
The Minister of Labour Training and Skills Development, Monte McNaughton, announced this morning that the WSIB will be making a distribution of its surplus funds…
Ontario Removing Restrictions
The next phase of measures being eased wil start on February 17, 2022 at 12:01 a.m. As a result, sociaal gatherings will increase to 50…
OTTAWA Begins Opening
Starting Monday, Janaury 31, 2022 Ontarians can go back to enjoying restaurants, bars, gyms, shopping, sports, museums and increased gathering numbers. Indoors, you are allowed…
ONTARIO EASES RESTRICTIONS
Today, the Ontario government released details of steps to gradually ease public health measures. Starting January 31, 2022, indoor gathering limits will increase to 10…
TEMporary Electric Rate Relief
Starting today, the Ontario government is providing 21 days of electricity-rate relief to support families and workers spending more time at home, as well as…
ECA Ottawa Reschedules AGM
ECA Ottawa’s Board of Directors has agreed to reschedule this years AGM to April 12, 2022. It is the goal of the Board to host…
Ontario Back To Step 2
In response to recent trends that show an alarming increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations, the Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health,…
ONTARIO UPDATES OMICRON RESTRICTIONS
To further strengthen its response to Omicron and reduce opportunities for close contact as the province gets as many vaccines into arms as possible, Ontario is introducing…
ONTARIO & CANADA UPDATE SUPPORTS
ONTARIO & CANADIAN GOV’T UPDATES SUPPORTS The Ontario and Canadian governments have announced new support for businesses and workers that are impacted by public…
2021 Ontario Electrical Saftey Code
The Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) would like to advise that the Government has approved the regulatory amendment to adopt the 2021 Ontario Electrical Safety Code…
Adjudication Can Work For You
Ontario’s adjudication system officially launched with the coming into effect of provisions in the province’s new Construction Act in October 2019. The system allows for parties to…
ECA OTTAWA 2021 AGM ANNOUNCED
Friday, October 22, 2021 – The ECA Ottawa Board of Directors unanimously agreed to hold our Annual General Meeting in person on Tuesday, February 22,…
$7.4 Billion Announced AmonG Cancellations
The federal government is spending $7.4 billion to extend and create new COVID-19 supports for hard-hit businesses and workers that will carry into the spring. Deputy Prime Minister and…
Federal Government Announces Travel Passport
Instead of issuing a singular federal national COVID-19 vaccine passport, the federal government says that each province and territory will be responsible for issuing a…
U.S. Land Border Opens
The White House announced today, October 15, 2021, it will lift travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign nationals (Canada and Mexica) effective Nov. 8, at…
VACCINE PASSPORTS NOW REQUIRED
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 – A COVID-19 vaccine passport system kicks in September 22 in Ontario, requiring people to show proof of vaccination for entry…
Proof of Vaccinations
September 14, 2021 – Today the government released the regulations and guidance for businesses and organizations to support them in implementing proof of vaccination requirements, which take effect on September…
Ontario Opens Step 3
Today the Ontario government has moved into Step Three of the Roadmap to Reopen. It focuses on the resumption of additional indoor services with larger…
ONTARIO OPENS STEP 2 JUNE 30
June 24, 2021 – With key public health and health care indicators continuing to improve, the provincewide vaccination rate now surpassing the targets outlined in…
Reimbursement for 3-day sick leave
The online application, allowing business owners to be reimbursed for providing paid infectious disease emergency leave, the so-called 3-day sick leave, is now available. As…
Province Announces 3 Step Plan
The Ontario government announced a three-step plan to safely and cautiously reopen the province and gradually lift public health measures based on the provincewide vaccination…
Ontario Extends Stay-At-Home Order
With the new, more contagious variants continuing to pose significant risks, the Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, has extended…
Skilled Trades Ontario to Replace OCOT
On May 06, 2021, the Ontario Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development, Monte McNaughton, , introduced new legislation to help tradespeople get their certification…
What You Should Know About Vaccines
It’s not what you think. Watch this YouTube video which provides an interesting insight into the different vaccines and what you should know about them.…
Ontario Enacts 3-Day Sick Leave
On April 29, 2021 the Ontario Government introduced Infectious Disease Emergency Leave Pay (“Paid Leave”). Employers will be required to pay eligible employees up to…
CCA Protocols For Construction Sites
CCA has updated its COVID-19 Standardized Protocols for All Canadian Construction Sites to underline the urgency around following health guidelines on worksites, including wearing an…
Gov’t Inspectors Coming To Jobsites
Monday, April 19, 2021- The Ontario government will begin targeted provincewide inspections of construction sites starting last Friday, April 16, 2021 to ‘hotspots’ of which…
Travel Restrictions Imposed
Monday April 19th, 2021 – Premier Ford announced late Friday that non-essential construction will be shut down effective Monday April 19th until at least May…
Essential Construction Definition
Essential Construction Defined – Further to the ECA Ottawa newsletter of Friday April 16 the province has now posted on line the detail as to…
Ontario Enacts Provincial Stay-At-Home Order
The Ontario government is immediately declaring a third provincial emergency under s 7.0.1 (1) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMPCA). Premier Doug Ford says the order…
Ontario Moves To Phase 2 Vaccine Plan
The Ontario government is moving into Phase Two of its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan, with a focus on reaching individuals in “hot spot” communities where COVID-19…
Dr. Etches Asks Province TO Lockdown Ottawa
Ottawa’s medical officer of health Dr. Vera Etches has asked the province to move Ottawa to the ‘Grey-Lockdown’ level of COVID-19 restrictions before the Easter…
ECA Ontario’s AGM 2021
ECA Ontario will be holding its virtual AGM, via Zoom, on Thursday, May 20, 2021 starting at 8:30am. The Zoom details were sent to all…
Ottawa Moves Back To Red Zone
Thursday, March 18, 2021 – Ottawa is entering the province’s Red Zone as of midnight tonight (Thursday). Under the Red control zone restrictions, second only…
OTTAWA MOVES TO ORANGE LEVEL
Ottawa and Eastern Ontario Move to Orange Tuesday – Fifty-two days after Ottawa and eastern Ontario moved into lockdown, restaurants, non-essential businesses and gyms will…
Ontario Ending Stay At Home
The Government of Ontario announced February 8, 2021 that the Province is “moving to a regional approach allowing each region to transition from the shutdown…
ECA Ontario Conference 2022
2021 Conference Rescheduled to September 2022 – ECA Ontario’s 2021 Annual Industry Conference in Prague, Czech Republic, has been rescheduled to September 18-24,2022. Prague, capital city of…
Ontario Enters 2nd State of Emergency
Effective Thursday, January 14, 2021, at 12:01 a.m., the government is issuing a 2nd State of Emergency and a stay-at-home order requiring everyone to remain…
Ontario In LockDown December 2020
December 21, 2020 – Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced today a province-wide shutdown effective Saturday, December 26 at 12:01 a.m. Most businesses and schools will…
canada emergency rent subsidy
November 23, 2020 – The Federal Government just announced today the new Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS). Canadian businesses, non-profit organizations, or charities who have…
NEW COVID FRAMEWORK
November 20, 2020 – Ontario has a developed a new Covid-19 response framework as part of its ‘Keeping Ontario Safe & Open’ strategy. This colour-coded,…
ECA OTTAWA REMEMBERS
November 11, 2020 – Today we pause to honour the sacrifice, courage and extraordinary service of our veterans, and those who continue to serve and…
Ottawa Enters Modified Stage 2
October 9, 2020 – The Provincial Government announced targeted restrictions for Ottawa, Toronto and Peel regions due to their higher transmission rates of Covid-19. Effective…
Support for Business Owners
There are a few support systems the Federal Government has announced in the last several months which apply to business owners. Programs such as the…
Pre-Screening Now Mandatory
As COVID-19 cases increase within Ontario in what has been described as a “second wave”, the Ontario Government has implemented regulatory changes that, effective September…
New TEMPORARY EI PROGRAMS
For CERB claimants who don’t qualify for the new EI benefits, which the CCPA estimates could be as many as two million people, they may…
