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To Larry Jefferies: This one’s for you. Thank you, on behalf of all of us.
Every industry has someone whose passion, commitment and often dogged determination raises them to the forefront, epitomizing the positive aspects of the collective conscience. Communities, cultures and industries progress through this type of leadership. Canada’s collision repair community is certainly no different. It has Larry Jefferies.
With a tenure spanning more than two decades, there are few shop owners, insurers or supply chain personnel from the Atlantic to the Pacific from the 49t
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| POINT BLANK |
HelpNeeded! - Is anyone outside the industry listening?
Our industry needs help in a big way, and we need it right now. Teachers, government employees, local municipalities, employment agencies (the list goes on and on) need to pay attention to one simple fact. Skilled labour in North America is in serious danger of becoming extinct, just like the dodo and the dinosaurs.
No one is listening to our industry’s cry for help! We need more money put into our country’s trade schools, and we need it right this minute, not at some mythical date in the
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| HEALTH AND SAFETY |
BeSafeNeverSorry - Knowing WHMIS is one thing, practicing it is another.
Back in the 1980s, the federal and provincial governments put on a rare display of cooperation and common sense of purpose. They created WHMIS, the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System.
The goal was to develop and implement a standardized system of identifying and classifying hazardous chemicals commonly found in the workplace. Once the system and symbols had been decided on, legislation was passed requiring all employers to train their workers to recognize and work safely with these ...
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| WHO IS DRIVING |
TrueSuccess - It starts with total commitment.
Ihave always said that business is a process, not a destination or position to arrive at. It requires that all involved look at the way we do business from the perspective of “How can we do better today than we did yesterday?”
I believe that our focus has been brought to this issue like a laser beam with all of the challenges we have, and the ones we are facing now.
The truly involved and totally committed to the industry and their business are searching for answers.
They understand t
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| RECYCLING |
Darwin’sRule - Only the yards investing will survive.
Why do we do what we do? The multitude of reasons as to why auto recyclers exist and how and why some have succeeded and some have not may surprise you, yet one thing is clear. The auto recycling industry plays a part in many related industries and our collective interest to reach out and make our presence felt has been met with little reward.
Whether or not auto recyclers are successful may be a relative question in that everyone’s definition of success seems to vary. The more I me
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| VIEW FROM THE WEST |
KingKongvs.Godzilla - Sometimes it’s hard to tell who to root for.
Recently six shops from Fort McMurray, AB tried to raise rates on insurance repairs. The big insurance companies fought back, using the Competition Bureau of Canada as their weapon of choice.
On February 16th, 2007 the Compet-ition Bureau of Canada issued a news release regarding a settlement between the insurance companies and the owners of the collision repair facilities. Here’s a direct quote from that release: “Conspiring to fix prices and price maintenance are criminal offences with ser
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