b'FEATUREmover entering my business prime, I grew up loathing ourEn 1996, un de nos concurrents, M. Peter Naylor (qui avait competition (all but those in "our" van line), knowing fulllui aussi une longue histoire personnelle et familiale dans les well that they must be crooks and swindlers on the fastassociations canadiennes) ma crit pour minviterassister road to demise. au congrs national de fondation de lACD. Peu aprs, il ma In1996,acompetitor,PeterNaylor(whohimselfinvitdjeuner (dans la ville o jhabite) me demandant de has a long personal and family history in our Canadianle laisser mexpliquer jusquau bout pourquoi il tait important associations), wrote to me inviting me to join him at thede mettre sur pied une solide association dans notre secteur Founding National Conference of CAM. Shortly there- dactivit. Il a t trs convaincant et, aprs en avoir parl avec after, Peter bought me lunch (in my city) with the caveatmon pre, jai dcid dadhrer de nouveaulassociation that I hear him out on the necessity of a strong industrycanadienne de notre secteur dactivit, lACD. a ma ouvert organization. He was very convincing, and with some prod- les yeux ! Jy ai rencontr des gens sympathiques, prospres ding from my father, we once again joined our Canadianet anims dun vif esprit dentreprise. Formation, intgrit industryassociationCAM.Whataneyeopener.envers lindustrie et camaraderie taient au programmein my opinion, the best value. mon avis, cest en assistant au by far is still gained throughcongrs annuel de lACD quon profite attendance at our annualle plus des avantages de lassociation. conference, where, through aCet vnement prestigieux se veut une first-class networking venue, weoccasion exceptionnelle dtablir des gather to celebrate our industryrseaux, de samuser avec les gens de and subsequently participate innotre secteur dactivit et dchanger the willing exchange of ideasdes ides et de linformation.and information.ThenewpeopleIwasmeetingwereinfactlikeable,Aujourdhui, lACD sattaquede nombreux problmes successfulandveryentrepreneurial,andtheenviron- (desanciensetdesnouveaux),commelaloicontreles ment created by and around CAM was one of education,coalitions,laformationdanslindustrie,lesrglementa-industry integrity, and camaraderie. tionsgouvernementales(fdralesetprovinciales),la Todays CAM has addressed many issues (both new andrmunration des employs, lassurance et lvaluation, les old), such as anti-combines legislation, industry training,programmes de reconnaissance de lindustrie et les compa-diverse governmental regulations (federal and provincial),gnies de sous-traitance dans le domaine du dmnagement. employmentcompensation,insuranceandvaluation,Cependant,mon avis, cest en assistant au congrs annuel industry recognition programs, and third-party relocationde lACD quon profite le plus des avantages de lassociation. companies. However, in my opinion, the best value by farCetvnementprestigieuxseveutuneoccasionexcep-is still gained through attendance at our annual confer- tionnelle dtablir des rseaux, de samuser avec les gens ence, where, through a first-class networking venue, wede notre secteur dactivit et dchanger des ides et de gather to celebrate our industry and subsequently partici- linformation.pate in the willing exchange of ideas and information. Enrsum,jaimeraisvouslaisseravecunerflexion trssimplequeplusieursgnrationsdefiersentrepre-In summation, I would like to leave just one thought,neurscanadiensendmnagementmontlgueetque taught to me by several generations of proud Canadiannous devons transmettre aux gnrations qui nous suivent movers, and which we must ensure gets passed along to our:Cestentravaillantensemblequenousprogressons future generations, and that thought is very simply"We arele mieux .Better Together." Je remercie lACD.Thank you, CAM.ReproduitdelditionAutomne2002duDmnageur Reprinted from The Canadian Mover Fall 2002 issue. Canadien.18 THE CANADIAN MOVER FALL 2019'