Help Protect the Industry That Builds Canada
Your voice matters, and so does timing.
You shape the policies, regulations, and trade decisions, and help decision-makers understand the real-world impact on businesses, workers, and communities.
There are plenty of ways to get involved: attending events and engaging with policymakers, sharing challenges your business is facing, supporting industry initiatives through the Advocacy Fund, or sponsoring programs that advance the sector's priorities.
Explore the opportunities below and find your place in shaping what's next.
How to Get Involved in Advocacy
Join the Conversation
Connect directly with Supply-Build Canada's policy analyst, your go-to for advocacy events, policy updates, and raising the issues that matter to your business.
Your key resource for engaging in advocacy events, staying informed on policy developments, and raising the challenges that matter most to your business.
Contact for:
- Joining upcoming advocacy events (round tables, Hill Days, and Industry Insight Nights)
- Latest updates on policies that could affect you and your business
- Share policy challenges that are affecting your business. (tariffs, taxes, regulatory hurdles, red tape, etc.)
Events
Make Your Voice Heard in Person
Participate in advocacy events designed to put your voice at the forefront of the industry that builds Canada.
Roundtable Meetings
Join roundtable discussions with fellow members, government and elected officials to tackle the pressing issues affecting your business and the industry.
These sessions are where you share insights, review what's happening in advocacy, and build coordinated action plans.
By coming together as a united front, you strengthen your collective voice and make sure your priorities are clearly represented.
Parliamentary and Hill Days
Meet with elected officials and government staff across Canada to discuss the policies affecting your business and the broader sector.
It's your chance to speak directly with decision-makers face to face and advocate for the changes that matter.
Industry Insight Night
This event is a think tank moderated by Supply-Build Canada, with a carefully curated group of industry owners and business and senior leaders for a focused, closed-door conversation.
Expect candid, high-level conversations on industry trends, financial insights, and advocacy updates, in a setting that's relaxed but focused.
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Protecting the Industry That Builds Canada
Canada's building materials industry is under pressure, and the impact runs through every part of the supply chain.
Mill closures, reduced production capacity, rising trade barriers, and climbing costs are squeezing dealers, builders, manufacturers, and communities from coast to coast. When domestic production declines, supply tightens, prices rise, and housing becomes less affordable for Canadians.
The industry needs a stronger voice, and that starts with you.
Supply-Build Canada is engaging policymakers, pushing back on unfair trade practices, and making sure decision-makers understand what's actually at stake: jobs, communities, economic growth, and housing affordability. The goal is simple: ensure Canada's building materials sector has the representation it deserves.
Why Contributions Matter
Effective advocacy requires consistent resources and sustained effort.
Contributions to the Advocacy Fund help support:
- Government relations and advocacy initiatives in Canada and the United States that protect your bottom line.
- Outreach and engagement with policymakers and decision-makers on issues that impact dealers, manufacturers, and buying groups.
- Public awareness and communications campaigns built on factual, industry-driven messaging that tells your story.
- Research, policy analysis, and strategic initiatives that strengthen your position in the market.
Every dollar strengthens the collective voice of this industry.
Together, dealers, manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers can help ensure the businesses, workers, and communities that keep Canada building continue to have strong representation and a seat at the table.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Conversations that matter. Support advocacy roundtables, government meetings, policy discussions, and hosted dinners that bring decision-makers and industry leaders to the same table, and help make sure your voice is part of what gets decided.
It's a direct way to invest in the future of your business and the sector you're part of.