b'Message from the ChairMessage du prsident du ConseilTroy PariagI begin my final message quoting the words of myJ e commence mon dernier message en citant les paroles de mon prdcesseur :Le temps est venu predecessor, The time has come for me to pass the CERC torch to the next chair. It is an annual transitionpour moi de passer le flambeau du CERC au that serves as a reminder that every ending is someonesprochain prsident. Cette transition annuelle nous new beginning. For me, the key word is transition. Itrappelle que la fin des uns fait le dpart des autres.signifies that the good work of CERC will continue to evolve and improve, remaining relevant to members under the leader- Pour moi, le mot cl esttransition . Cela signifie que ship of your next chair. le bon travail du CERC continuera dvoluer, tout en demeurant pertinent pour les membres sous la baguette du CERC is one of the most accomplished, active, productiveprochain prsident.and relevant organizations Ive encountered in my 30-year career. With just three full-time employees, 12 directors andLe CERC est lune des organisations les plus accomplies, les 500 members, we accomplish more than many organizationsplus actives, les plus productives et les plus pertinentes que jai with a much wider reach. The key has been a clear focus onrencontres en 30 ans. Avecpeine 3 employstemps plein, our vision, goals and strategic priorities, which we continue to12 administrateurs et 500 membres, nous accomplissons plus revalidate with members and the board every two years. que beaucoup dorganisations. La cl a t de mettre claire-Canadas economic growth depends on how well we addressment laccent sur notre vision, nos objectifs et nos priorits the challenge of five million Baby Boomers retiring by 2035,stratgiques, que nous continuons de revalider tous les deux combined with a low birth rate of 1.6, which is significantlyans avec les membres et avec le Conseil.below the replacement rate of 2.1. It will also depend on ourLa croissance conomique du Canada dpend de notre success at attracting highly skilled workers to Canada to bringcapacitrelever le dfi de la retraite de cinq millions de baby-new innovations to market and grow the countrys exports.boomers dici 2035, combineun faible taux de natalit de As far back as 2006, CERC made immigration advocacy with1,6, qui est nettement infrieur au taux de remplacement de the government and industry a key priority. Over the years2,1. Cela dpendra galement de notre capacit dattirer au weve made significant contributions to Canadas immigrationpays des travailleurs qualifis.policy and have been invited to participate in numerous consul- Ds 2006, le CERC a fait de la promotion de limmigration tations with the government. A major contribution involvedune priorit. Nous avons apport dimportantes contributions consulting on the Global Skills Strategy implemented by the la politique dimmigration et avons t invitsparticipergovernment in June 2016.de nombreuses consultations. Lune des principales contribu-We continue to advocate on behalf of our members, and earliertions a consistmener des consultations sur la Stratgie en this spring we held Immigration Symposia in Vancouver,matire de comptences mondiales adopte en juin 2016. Calgary, Toronto and Montreal. All four events had highNous continuons de dfendre les intrts de nos membres et, attendance and received tremendous feedback from members,plus tt ce printemps, nous avons tenu des symposiums sur industry and government. limmigrationVancouver, Calgary, Toronto et Montral. Our Subject Matter Expert (SME) Program, announced at theLes quatre vnements ont attir un grand nombre de 2018 CERC Conference, has progressed well. The system isparticipants.up and running and seven SMEs have been appointed. All members have access to the program via the CERC websiteNotre Programme dexperts, annoncla Confrence 2018 and I encourage you to leverage this valuable resource. Also,du CERC, a bien progress. Le systme est oprationnel et we continue to make great progress on the collaborativesept experts ont t nomms. Tous les membres ont accs au compliance research project with Seneca College and IBM.programme par lentremise du site Web du CERC.The results of Phase I will be presented at this years CERCNous continuons de faire de grands progrs dans le projet de conference, and we eagerly await the results of the entirerecherche sur la conformit en collaboration avec le Collge project later in 2019. Seneca et IBM. Les rsultats de la phase I seront prsents Our Conference Committee has put together a tremendous la confrence de cette anne, et nous attendons avec impa-agenda for the event, filled with topics of critical importancetience les rsultats de lensemble du projet plus tard en 2019.8PERSPECTIVES Fall 2019'