b'CAIRP AT 40the licensing of insolvency practitionersto adequately fulfill our mandate, saysprofession, says Kondo. It has who were not chartered accountants.current CAIRP Chair Chantal Gingras. Standards of Professional Practice and They began a cross-country search forI have often said that we are a smallRules of Professional Conduct. It has representatives. Five names would beassociation with big aspirations, anda Professional Conduct Committee, a put forward and would soon become inI think our members realize that theirDiscipline Committee and a process for essence the founding fathers of CAIRPcontribution to the greater good of theinvestigating and handling complaintsCollins, Claude Mercure (the first CIAAssociation means that we continue to beagainst members. It puts the protection president from 1979-80), Stan Ruthen,relevant. That in turn benefits individualof the public first and its submissions Paul Jerabek, and Ralph Hagen. Theymembers, the insolvency industry, and on legislative changes have focused on met with Brazeau for the first time inthe public. improving the bankruptcy and insolvency 1977, and laid the foundations for a newsystem, not the enrichment of members.Association that would accept candidatesSmall though it might be, CAIRPOne of the founding principles of CAIRP from professions that would complementmembers collectively put in a hugewas its development of a formal education the service and practice of insolvency innumber of volunteer hours, says Kondo. program for candidates seeking training Canadathe CIA. I would hazard a guess that the numberin the mysterious world of insolvency as a I must note in passing that, for thoseof volunteer hours per capita by CAIRPcareer path, says Prentice.of us who were members of CAIRP formembers exceeds most professionalEducation development has always been the first half of its life, being able to sayorganizations, he says. Although thea distinguishing feature of the Association, we belonged to the CIA had a certainmembers were fierce business competitors,and it is a measure of the value with cachet, says Larry Prentice, who servedthey were able to set aside businesswhich our role as an education source as CAIRP Chair from 2001-03 and againrivalries to work together on committeesis cherished by members that so many from 2016-17. for the betterment of the system and people put so much effort into preparing the profession.Norm Kondo had a (true) story ofthe next generation of practitionerschecking into a hotel for a conference,Past Chair Paul Casey recalls highlightingfor success.saying to the front desk staff that he wasto members that the notes to CAIRPs with the CIAonly to have the securityAnnual Financial Statements state thatThe original curriculum was a three-detail for the leader of a European countrywhile contributed services are notcourse correspondence program, with knock on his door a half hour laterrecognized in these financial statements assignments marked centrally, culminating requesting that he move to a differentthe work of the Association is dependentin a two-day national final examination. floor of the hotel away from the high-levelon the voluntary service of manySome 20 years after its original creation, security detail assigned to safeguard individuals. a major update and refinement of the that leader. As I reflect on my time as Chair ineducation program was undertaken. 2013 to 2015, this is my most powerfulOne of the critical elements of the new The CIA would become the Canadianmemory, says Casey. I continue tocurriculum was that it would stand as the Insolvency Practitioners Associationbe astounded by the commitment,prerequisite for candidates seeking to sit (CIPA) in 1990. That would remain itsprofessionalism, and quality of thethe Oral Board of Examiners to obtain a name until a final change in 2000 member and non-member volunteerismlicence as a trustee.to CAIRP. that CAIRP inspires. The depth andIn my term, with the enormous efforts of While the Association has long benefitednumber of hours that our professionalsa number of dedicated practitioners, we from a foundation of familial closenessand staff invest annually in the CAIRProlledout the first revision among members, its function has beenMission is immeasurable. I was (and am)to that program, far from limited to the social. CAIRPso proud to be associated with such and the has long been comprised of like-mindedagroup. balance professionals, many of whom mightOur Vision and Values are asof the compete in business, motivated by astrong as ever, and I look forward unified desire to maintain the highestto the future milestones.standards of integrity in insolvencyand restructuring.And thats not allunlike As a group, CAIRP members withoutother voluntary-membership exception care deeply about theirprofessional organizations, profession. And that has led to oneCAIRP serves a of CAIRPs most consistent successesfunction wellan extraordinary level of memberbeyond lobbying volunteerism. When people care, theyto protect and are willing to invest their time andpromote its considerable personal resources. members.I think our members realize that withoutCAIRP acts their volunteerism, we would not be ablelike a self-regulatingVolume 19 Issue 2 Rebuilding Success 11'