PLCAC AND CPAC COMMITMENT TO RECONCILIATION Kevin O’Donnell, PLCAC Executive Director The Canadian Pipeline Advisory Council (CPAC) is a co-operative joint labour management group of senior pipeline craft union representatives and officers of the PLCAC. In 2023, CPAC established the Indigenous Relations Sub-committee to promote the advancement of reconciliation by helping expand the understanding and relationship between the Association, the Council and the Indigenous People of Canada. CPAC also sponsors, attends and presents at several high profile and high impact Indigenous forums and conferences annually including the BC Natural Resources Forum, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), and Indigenous Resources Opportunities Conference (IROC). At the 21st BC Natural Resources Forum in Prince George, BC in January 2024, Kevin O’Donnell, PLCAC Executive Director, and CPAC hosted the Honourable David Eby, Premier of British Columbia, and 250 industry representatives at a networking event. This event was ceremonially opened with traditional Indigenous drumming by the Khast’an Drummers. This was followed by a traditional blessing and welcome prayer from Lheidli Elders, Pat Seymour and Clarence John. PLCAC and CPAC value land and traditional acknowledgements as Pictured above: David Eby BC Premier (middle) both respect for Indigenous culture and also an important means of with Kevin O’Donnell, PLCAC Executive Director education. CPAC was represented at the event by Lyall Nash, (left) and Mark Olsen, LIUNA Western Canada President of TESTCO Western Ltd.; Mark Olsen, LIUNA Western Sub-Regional Manager and LIUNA Local 1611 Canada Sub-Regional Manager; Tony Pietrangelo, LIUNA Assistant President (right). Regional Manager and International Representative for Central & Eastern Canada; and Damien Stanley, International Representative, International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE). CPAC also sponsored and attended the 45th Assembly of First Nations in Montreal, Quebec this July, 2024. We are extremely proud to announce that the Pipe Line Contractors Association regular members have invested more than $3 billion dollars into Indigenous businesses and communities over the last seven years. This included a full suite of investment activities with multifaceted benefits to the various communities; direct hire; joint ventures, sub-contracts, ongoing supply chain purchases, and 19 community donations. 2 0 These investments highlight the crucial effort to foster stronger E U S connections and promote economic growth and reconciliation. They S I also reflect a broader acknowledgement of the importance of | 4 cooperation and inclusion in the planning and operation of pipeline 2 0 2 projects, ensuring Indigenous perspectives are valued and respected in R the industry’s ongoing endeavors. E Pictured above: traditional Indigenous B drumming by the Khast’an Drummers at M E the BC Natural Resource Forum T The Pipe Line Contractors Association of Canada (PLCAC) has been actively supporting and P networking event. advocating for unionized pipeline construction with the government, through labour E S relations, policy review, pipeline standard codes and more for 70 years.