{"id":34313,"date":"2026-02-15T14:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/cca-encouraging-members-to-fill-out-buy-canadian-policy-questionnaire\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T14:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:20:13","slug":"cca-encouraging-members-to-fill-out-buy-canadian-policy-questionnaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/cca-encouraging-members-to-fill-out-buy-canadian-policy-questionnaire\/","title":{"rendered":"CCA encouraging members to fill out \u2018Buy Canadian Policy\u2019 questionnaire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2013 The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is encouraging members to fill out a questionnaire being conducted by Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC) that aims to capture real-world insights on the opportunities, challenges and barriers associated with the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cca-acc.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=d4a3ed65a1&amp;id=e1871c3a42&amp;e=6e660aac7b\" target=\"_blank\">Buy Canadian Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dec. 16, 2025, the Buy Canadian Policy officially came into effect.<\/p>\n<p>Under the overarching policy framework, the following policies now apply:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Policy on Prioritizing Canadian Suppliers and Canadian Content in Strategic Federal Procurements<\/strong> outlines the federal government\u2019s commitment to favouring Canadian suppliers and content for major strategic purchases for procurements valued at $25 million or more. By spring 2026, the government will expand this to $5 million or more.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Policy on Prioritizing Canadian Materials in Federal Procurement <\/strong>establishes the framework for sourcing Canadian aluminum, steel and wood for major construction and defence contracts for any project valued at $25 million or more, where material requirements worth at least $250,000 will be required to be Canadian-sourced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cCCA has been working with the federal government on this issue for several months and is seeking your feedback to help guide our ongoing discussions,\u201d a notice from the association reads. \u201cYour input will ensure that our work accurately incorporates and reflects industry experience and supply chain realities.\u201d<br \/>If you have insights, whether from current projects or anticipated challenges that will impact future projects, the association is urging you to make voice heard.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline is March 31 and all questions are optional.<\/p>\n<p>To fill out the questionnaire <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=1gxDOKXt8kaIavKjBf1JvGIStPKMYWNAt272xniFbH5UQjI1QTFRUkgxSzZBNzNDTTNFM1MyWkJGMy4u\" target=\"_blank\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/associations\/2026\/02\/cca-encouraging-members-to-fill-out-buy-canadian-policy-questionnaire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] OTTAWA \u2013 The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is encouraging members to fill out a questionnaire being conducted by Housing, &#8230; <a title=\"CCA encouraging members to fill out \u2018Buy Canadian Policy\u2019 questionnaire\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/cca-encouraging-members-to-fill-out-buy-canadian-policy-questionnaire\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about CCA encouraging members to fill out \u2018Buy Canadian Policy\u2019 questionnaire\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1037],"tags":[357,295],"class_list":["post-34313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-commercial-news","tag-blog","tag-technology","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}