b"Message from the ChairMessage de la prsidente du ConseilRoy PhelpsT his past year has been very positive in many ways. TheL anne a t trs positive. Notre premire confrence en fact that we were able to gather again, in person for thepersonne depuis 2019Niagara Falls, a t pour moi un first time since 2019 in Niagara Falls, was a highlightmoment fort. La confrence de St. Johns a t un succs for me personally. The conference in St. Johns was aretentissant. De nombreux facteurs lui ont donn un air resounding success. There were many factors that gavede conte de fes le 40e anniversaire du CERC, le 20e it a storybook feel the 40th anniversary of CERC, the 20thanniversaire de Steve en tant que PDG, la marche de charit anniversary for Stephen Cryne as CEO, the most well-attendedla plus frquente de tous les temps et Hollyanne Healey qui a charity walk ever, and Hollyanne Healey serving as chair at aprsid une confrence spciale dans sa ville natale.special conference that reunited us all in her hometown.La confrence a galement servi de mtaphore pour notre The conference also served as an interesting metaphor for ourorganisation. Malgr la tempte tropicale Earl le spectacle organization in general. Despite the harsh headwinds and tryinga continu ! Je tiensremercier toutes les personnes qui ont conditions of Tropical Storm Earl the show went on! I want toparticiplvnement.thank everyone that attended and brought such great welcoming energy to the event. Maintenant, o allons-nous ? Comment profitons-nous de cet Now where do we go from here? What do we do with thislan ? Quels dfis nous attendent ? Voil de bonnes questions. momentum? What challenges lie ahead? All good questions. As aNotre Conseil dadministration rflchit constammentces board, we are constantly thinking about these things and wantingquestions. Nous voulons tre proactifs, avoir un impact et tre to be proactive, impactful and relevant in 2023 and beyond. Wepertinents en 2023 et au-del. Nous avons un groupe brillant et have a bright and spirited group that brings a diverse set of skillsplein dentrain qui apporte un ensemble diversifi de comptences and experience to the table. Whatever the challenges may be, Iet dexpriencesla table. Quels que soient les dfisrelever, je can guarantee you one thing, we will tackle them head-on. peux vous garantir une chose : nous les aborderons de front.Rising inflation rates and trending GDP data are leading manyLinflation et lvolution du PIB conduisent de nombreuses people to worry about another recession. With the housingpersonnessinquiter dune autre rcession. Les choses semblent market seeing a dip in Canada and elsewhere, things do seem toeffectivement ralentir, notamment le march de lhabitation. be slowing down.How will this affect our industry? Almost allComment cela affectera-t-il notre industrie ? Nous avons presque of us have a very direct tie to home sales in terms of a triggeringtous un lien trs direct avec les ventes de maisons, en termes event in the relocation process that drives our collective liveli-dvnement dclencheurdans le processus de relocalisation. hoods. For me, it is reminiscent of the early days of the pandemicCela me rappelle les premiers jours de la pandmie. Nous tions back in the first quarter of 2020. We faced a very uncertain futureconfrontsun avenir trs incertain, mais nous sommes alls de but forged ahead and made it to where we are now. I believe welavant. Je crois que nous traverserons cette tempte de lawill weather this storm similarly. mme manire.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 2022"