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2017 2017

Energy
Report
Reveals Billion
Energy Report
Reveals
Billion
Dollar Engineering
Opportunity
Dollar Engineering
Opportunity

2019 2019

OSPE
hostsLobby
10th annual
OSPE hosts 10th
annual
Day Lobby Day
and MPP Reception
and MPP Reception

OSPE
welcomed
OSPE welcomed
more
than 35more than 35
Members of
Provincial Parliament
Members of Provincial
Parliament
from
all political
(MPPs) from all(MPPs)
political
parties
to theparties to the
the Energy
release of therelease
EnergyofTask
Force'sTask Force's
latest Electricity
report Retail
Electricity Price
latest report Retail
Price
Reform:
Path toEnergy
Lower Bills
Energy Bills and
Reform: Path
to Lower
Economy-Wide
CO2 Emission
and Economy-Wide
CO2 Emission
Reductions,
the Honourable
OSPE
Reductions, including
theincluding
Honourable
OSPE advises
on advises on
Rickford,
Minister of Energy,
Infrastructure
Greg Rickford,Greg
Minister
of Energy,
StormwaterStormwater
Infrastructure
Northern Development
Northern Development
and Mines. and Mines.
OSPE
with NDP
OSPE, Construction
Residential Construction Council OSPE also met
withalso
NDPmet
Energy
and Energy and
OSPE, Residential
Environment
Critic, Peter
of Ontario
Ontario
Environment Critic,
Peter Tabuns,
to Tabuns, to
Council of Ontario
andand
Ontario
discussfindings.
the report's findings.
Sewer and Construction
Watermain Construction
discuss the report's
Sewer and Watermain
partner to
Association Association
partner to produce
a produce a study
OSPE's recommendations
reveals
an estimated
OSPE's recommendations
included included in
study which which
reveals
an estimated
new Construction
$1.2
billionto
is replace
needed to replace
in new Construction
Act taking Act taking
$1.2 billion is
needed
effect Oct 1, 2019.
infrastructure
in six
effect Oct 1, 2019.
stormwater stormwater
infrastructure
in six
focus municipalities
for the long-term
focus municipalities
for the long-term
Following
years of consultation
with
protection
property
Following years
of consultation
with
protection of
propertyof
and
public and public
OSPE, the of
Government
health and safety.
OSPE, the Government
Ontario's of Ontario's
health and safety.
changes
to the Construction
Act
changes to the
Construction
Act
new prompt
payments and
regarding newregarding
prompt payments
and
processes, and
adjudication adjudication
processes, and
related
to liens against
OSPE Celebrates
amendments amendments
related to liens
against
OSPE Celebrates
came into effect.
Day in Ontario
municipalitiesmunicipalities
came into effect.
P.Eng. Day P.Eng.
in Ontario
days
of media coverage
Driving daysDriving
of media
coverage
debate at
Queen's Park,
and debate and
at Queen's
Park,
OSPE's
reportfont-page
garnered font-page
OSPE's report
garnered
headlines, communicating
the
headlines, communicating
the
value of engineering
to an
value of engineering
to an
audience of audience
millions. of millions.

2016 2016

Engineers
Demand to be
Engineers Demand
to be
Involved
in Developing Ontario's
Involved
in Developing
Climate Change Action Plan
Action Plan
Issuing two open letters to
Wynne
Issuing two Premier
open letters
to and Minister
Murray, OSPE successfully
secures
engineer on Ontario's
Murray,
OSPE an
successfully
Climateon
Action Group.
secures an engineer
OSPE Releases Groundbreaking
Study on Excess Soil
OSPE Releases
Groundbreaking
with industry
partners,
StudyOSPE,
on Excess
Soil
determines that the province
could save $1 billion per year
treating construction site excess
soil as a resource instead
of waste.
soil as a resource instead
of waste.

2018 2018

OSPE
members
write, call, email
OSPE members
write,
call, email
and tweet
MPPs to
support a motion to
and tweet MPPs
to support
a motion
declare
1st #PEngDay
to declare March
1stMarch
#PEngDay
in Ontario. in Ontario.
OSPE
Acts on
Gender
OSPE Acts on
Gender
Wage
GapWage Gap
beforeCommittee
Standing Committee
before Standing
on Social Policy
on Social Policy

2015 2015

shares
OSPE sharesOSPE
analysis
thatanalysis
genderthat gender
to 5% for
women with
wage gap iswage
up togap
5% is
forupwomen
with
years of engineering
1-8 years of 1-8
engineering
experience.experience.

'Crisis in Ontario's
'Crisis in Ontario's
Bill 3, Pay Transparency
Bill 3, Pay Transparency
Act, 2018 Act, 2018
Engineering
Labour Market'
Engineering
Labour Market'
revisedalltopublicly
ensure all publicly
is revised toisensure
advertised
postings include
advertised job
postingsjob
include
With33%
moreofthan
33% of engineering
With more than
engineering
salary
rate or range.
a salary rateaor
range.
graduates
working
graduates working
in jobs
thatindojobs
notthat do not
necessarily
require a post-secondary degree,
necessarily require
a post-secondary
OSPE's
report
is the
focus
degree, OSPE's
report
is the
focus
of of political and
including
a primetime CBC
political andmedia
mediaattention,
attention,
including
with OSPE's
a primetimeradio
CBC segment
radio segment
with CEO.
OSPE's CEO.

OSPE hosts
Federal Election
OSPE hosts Federal
Election
Roundtable
releases OSPE's
Roundtable and
releasesand
OSPE's
Federal Strategy
Federal Strategy
October
9, hosted
2019, OSPE
On October 9,On
2019,
OSPE
its hosted its
Federal
Election Roundtable,
where
Federal Election
Roundtable,
where
Advocacy
our Advocacyour
Task
Forces Task
and Forces and
Committees Committees
showcased ashowcased a
comprehensive
National
comprehensive
National Strategy
thatStrategy that
includes recommendations
includes recommendations
regarding regarding
energy,
climate
change and the
energy, climate
change
and the
innovative technology,
environment, environment,
innovative technology,
infrastructure,
ways to increase the
infrastructure,
and waysand
to increase
number
of underrepresented groups
the number
of underrepresented
in STEM
groups in STEM
OSPE
The EDI Imperative:
OSPE hosts The
EDIhosts
Imperative:
Profile
Changing theChanging
Profile of the
STEAM
in of STEAM in
Canada
with
more
than700
700 attendees
Canada
with
more
than
in Ottawa, Ontario.
attendees in Ottawa, Ontario.

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