b'MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT / MESSAGE DU PRSIDENTTo all those members who haveMercitous les membres qui ont contributed time, energy anddonn de leur temps, de leur nergie passion over the past year, thanket de leur passion au cours de la you. The accomplishments ofdernire anne. Les ralisations du CERC would not be possibleCERC ne seraient pas possibles without your support sans votre appuiand there must also be a strategy to include tradespeople that areLe ministre a galement fait remarquer que la rcente politique in short supply. dimmigration mettait surtout laccent sur le talent hautement qualifi, et quil faut aussi mettre en place une stratgie pour Minister Hussen also challenged the business community toinclure les gens de mtier qui sont en pnurie.counter the negative messages about immigration appearing in the public discourse. In a recent Leger opinion poll of Canadians,Le ministre Hussen a galement mis au dfi le milieu des 63 per cent said the government should prioritize curbing immi- affaires de contrer les messages ngatifs sur limmigration. gration levels because the country might be reaching its limitDans un rcent sondage dopinion Lger men auprs des in its ability to integrate them. Just 37 per cent said the priorityCanadiens, 63 % des rpondants au sondage ont indiqu que should be on growing immigration to meet the demands ofle gouvernement devrait accorder la prioritla rduction des Canadas expanding economy. CERC will continue to promoteniveaux dimmigration parce que le pays pourrait atteindre the economic benefits of immigration to our economy and popula- ses limites dans sa capacitles intgrer. Seulement 37 % ont tion growth. dclar que la priorit devrait tre accordelaccroissement As the CERC family gathers once again for our national confer- de limmigration.ence, I would like to extend a sincere thank you to those members loccasion de notre confrence nationale, je tiensremercier who have served on the CERC Board and have now completedles membres qui ont sig au Conseil dadministration. Fred their terms as directors. Fred Haladay has served on the boardHaladay sige au conseil depuis 2012, plus rcemmenttitre since 2012, most recently as past board chair. Mirela Marin willde prsident sortant. Mirela Marin terminera galement son also complete her term this September. Each of them has made amandat en septembre. Chacun deux a apport une contribu-significant and lasting contribution to CERCs journey.tion significative et durable au parcours du CERC. Troy Pariag will complete his term as chair in September and willTroy Pariag terminera son mandat de prsident du Conseil now assume the role of past chair. During his term, Troy has leden septembre et assumera le rle de prsident sortant. Au key initiatives that include the recently launched Subject Mattercours de son mandat, Troy a dirig des initiatives cls, dont le Expert program and provided ongoing support for CERCsProgramme dexperts rcemment lanc et le soutien continu government relations and research projects. I am very muchaux relations gouvernementales et aux projets de recherche looking forward to working with Ann Stafford, who takes over thedu CERC. Jai trs hte de travailler avec Ann Stafford, qui reins as board chair in September.prendra les rnes du Conseil en septembre. To all those members who have contributed time, energy andMercitous les membres qui ont donn de leur temps, de passion over the past year, thank you. The accomplishments ofleur nergie et de leur passion au cours de la dernire anne. CERC would not be possible without your support.Les ralisations du CERC ne seraient pas possibles sans My very best wishes for a great conference! votre appui. Sincerely,Mes meilleurs vux de succs !Cordialement,Stephen CryneStephen Cryne President & CEO, CERC Prsident et chef de la direction, CERC12PERSPECTIVES Fall 2019'