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Matters relating to federal skills training, workforce development, and apprenticeship programs relevant to housing, construction, and forestry-related sectors. This includes initiatives such as Team Canada Strong, as well as programs supporting skilled trades recruitment, certification, labour mobility, and workforce capacity development. Matters relating to federal housing policy, programs, and initiatives, including Build Canada Homes and related federal measures aimed at increasing housing supply. This includes engagement with government on policies and opportunities supporting housing construction and renovation. Policies and legislation affecting housing construction and renovation supply chains, and the availability of construction and renovation products, including hardware and related products. This includes policy and regulatory considerations related to product standards, particularly environmental and sustainability requirements, and right-to-repair principles as they relate to housing and construction materials. Matters relating to the federal Buy Canadian policy framework, including procurement policies affecting the use of Canadian-made wood and other construction and homebuilding and hardware products in federally supported projects. Matters relating to Canada’s forestry, wood, and timber sectors, including domestic production, processing, and distribution, as well as complementary building, hardware, and agricultural products. This includes federal policies affecting supply chains, international trade and market access, and the impacts of Canada’s free trade agreements on these industries, including tariffs and related measures.