b"Message from the ChairMessage de la prsidente du ConseilHollyanne HealeyG rowing up in my familys transportation business, I haveA yant grandi dans lentreprise de transport de ma very early memories of my dad taking me to work withfamille, je me souviens trs tt que mon pre mem-him on Saturday mornings. My grandfather (Pop) andmenait au travail avec lui le samedi matin. Mon my uncles would all be there. Pop would have me standgrand-pre (Papi) et mes oncles taient tous l. Papi me by the loading door in the warehouse and wait for thedemandait de me tenir prs de la porte de chargement van foremen and long-distance drivers to finish unloading ship- de lentrept et dattendre que les contrematres et les chauffeurs ments into the warehouse.aient fini de dcharger les envois.I welcomed the chance to sweep out their trailers and fold thoseJe me rjouissais de pouvoir balayer leurs remorques et plier ces heavy, huge furniture blankets. My reward when done was a shinynormes bches. Ma rcompense tait un beau billet dun dollar. one-dollar bill. I would buy an ice-cold Pepsi from the vendingJachetais un Pepsi glac au distributeur automatique et je le machine in the drivers room. The best was sitting and drinkingsirotais dans la sallemanger en coutant lespotinsdes chauf-my Pepsi and listening to the who, what and where of the mostfeurs. Jtais toujours intrigue de les entendre raconter comment recent moves. I was always intrigued, listening to the drivers shareils avaient rsolu leurs problmes. stories of how they solved problems that came up. They seemed larger than life to me at that time, and I could never imagine howPapi mavait dit que lorsque jaurais lge de conduire, je devrais they could maneuver those huge trucks to fit where they needed toujourssuivre les camions de dmnagement, car leurs to go.conducteurs sont extrmement prudents et voient toujours venir I recall my grandfathers advice at that time clearly, his telling meles dangers .that when I was old enough to drive I should always follow the moving trucks on the road; those drivers are the ones that haveAujourdhui, je suis heureux de pouvoir dire que je mne experience, are extremely safe, and always see what is coming attoujours une merveilleuse carrire dans le secteur du dmna-you in the distance.gement. Jai fait la transition au fil des ans, passant du secteur des biens mnagersla direction du programme de mobilit Today, I am happy to share that I still enjoy a wonderful careermondiale de PCL Construction. Bien que je ne plie pas beau-in the relocation industry. I have transitioned over the years fromcoup de couvertures de dmnagement, je suis toujours une working in the household goods industry to managing PCLsemi-remorque lorsque je conduis sur lautoroute !Constructions Global Mobility Program. While I dont fold many moving blankets in my current role, to this day I still get behindEn rdigeant ce premier message, je me rappelle que nousa semi when driving on the highway to help me navigate my waytravaillons tous dans des domaines trs diffrents de la relocalisa-every chance I get! tion et que nous comptons les uns sur les autres. Cette anne,As I write my first Perspectives Message, I am reminded of how wejai plus que jamais compt sur mes collgues du CERC. all work in many different areas of relocation yet count on oneSouvent pour collaborer, demander des conseils, chercher du another daily to help navigate our way. I personally have reliedsoutien et, honntement, juste pour garder ma sant mentale et on my fellow CERC members over the past year more than eversavoir que je ne suis pas seulerelever les dfis auxquels nous before. Often to collaborate, ask advice, seek support, and honestlysommes confronts !ISSUES ONLINEDid you know you can read all issues of CERC's PERSPECTIVES magazine back to 2017 online?https://www.mediaedgemagazines.com/the-canadian-employee-relocation-council-cerc6PERSPECTIVES Winter 2021"