b'Message from the PresidentMessage du prsidentStephen CryneT o all CERC members and readers, thank you for the tous les membres et lecteurs du CERC, merci pour les many messages of support over the past several months. nombreux messages de soutien au cours des derniers They have been greatly appreciated. I would also like tomois. Jaimerais galement remercier le Conseil take this opportunity to extend a sincere thanks to thedadministration pour son leadership, ainsi que nos CERC Board of Directors for their leadership duringbnvoles qui ont soutenu notre petit personnel dans this challenging time, and to our volunteers who have supportedle maintien des services.our small staff in maintaining services.En plus de la pandmie de COVID-19, nous assistonsun In the short space of less than six months we have witnessedchangement socital avec lattention considrable accordedes unparalleled change. In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic,groupes comme Black Lives Matter et dautres qui sexpriment we are seeing a societal shift with the tremendous attentioncontre le racisme, linjustice et lingalit. Ces groupes ont given to groups like Black Lives Matter and others speakingboulevers le statu quo pour le mieux. Le CERC et lindustrie out against racism, injustice and inequality. These groups havede la mobilit peuvent jouer un rle dans lradication de rapidly become mainstream and have shaken the status quo forlinjustice et de lingalit en promouvant la valeur de la diversit the better. CERC and the mobility industry can play a role inet de linclusion. stamping out injustice and inequality by promoting the value of diversity and inclusion in the talent management process.Alors que les rgions du monde entier reviennent lentementdes conditions plus normales, de nombreuses incertitudes As regions around the globe slowly return to more normalsubsistent. Par exemple, il semble que la frontire entre le conditions, there remain many uncertainties ahead. For example,Canada et les tats-Unis restera fermetous les dplacements, it appears the Canada/U.S. border will remain closed to all butsauf les dplacements essentiels. Au Canada, nous constatons essential travel for the foreseeable future. Within Canada wequelques signes positifs de reprise, alors que davantage de are seeing some early positive signs of recovery as more peoplepersonnes (565 000 en juin) retournent au travail et que les (565,000 in June) return to work and housing markets beginmarchs du logement commencentse redresser. Bien que la to bounce back. Although GDP is expected to be negative (7.8variation du PIB devrait tre ngative (-7,8 %) pour lanne, per cent) for the year, interest rates remain low which will helples taux dintrt restent bas, ce qui contribuerartablir restore consumer confidence and business loans.la confiance. A recent McKinsey survey, reporting on the sentiments ofUne rcente enqute de McKinsey a rvl que 80 % des salaris employees, found that 80 per cent say their employers respondedestiment que leurs employeurs ont bien ragila crise. Les to the crisis appropriately. That same survey also reportedemploys travaillantdistance se sentaient plus engags que that employees working remotely felt more engaged thanceux travaillant sur place. De nombreux dirigeants ont remarqu employees working onsite. Many industry leaders have notedque legnieest sorti de la bouteille et que le travaildistance that the remote working genie is out of the bottle and remoteest l pour rester. work, or a combination, is now a permanent fixture in the working landscape.La ralit du travaildomicile (oupartir de nimporte quel endroit) nous offre des possibilits supplmentaires dassumer The work-from-home (or work from anywhere) realityla responsabilit de dvelopper des politiques qui favorisent presents additional opportunities for global mobility to assumelengagement des travailleursdistance et continuentresponsibility for developing policies that foster engagementintgrer le succs dans lexprience des employs. 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