b'Message from the PresidentMessage du prsidentStephen CryneT J ai eu le plaisir dassister au congrs de lEuRA ce printemps, his spring I had the opportunity to attend the EuRA conference in Portugal. It was a valuable opportunity toau Portugal. Jai pu renouer avec des spcialistes de la mobilit reconnect with mobility professionals from around thedu monde entier. Nous avons discut des grands enjeux world to discuss some of the major issues confrontingauxquels est confront lcosystme de la mobilit. the mobility ecosystem. Not surprisingly, many of those issues are like those faced by ourSans surprise, ces enjeux ressemblent beaucoup aux problmatiques members in Canada. Top of the list were ongoing budget constraintsde nos membres canadiens. En tte de liste figurent les contraintes for mobility services, followed closely by the perceived value ofbudgtaires, suivies de prs par la valeur perue de la mobilit pour mobility to business success and the growing adoption of AI intola russite de lentreprise et ladoption croissante de lIA dans les business processes.processus commerciaux. During the conference I had the privilege of moderating a panel ofJai eu le privilge danimer une table ronde stimulante sur la mobility leaders in a lively discussion on these topics. A touchpointmobilit en utilisant comme point de dpart les principales for the discussion was one of the key findings of the CERC 2023conclusions de lenqute 2023 du CERC sur les politiques de Employee Relocation Policy Survey that reported that employeemutation des employs. Selon celle-ci, dans 94 % des entreprises, experience defines the success of an assignment in 94 per cent lexprience des employs dtermine le succs dune affectation.of organizations. lappui de ces conclusions, une tude rcente dEY rvlait que 64 % des employs sont plus susceptibles de rester chez leur employeur In support of those findings, a recent study by EY also found that 64aprs une longue mission transfrontalire, la qualit de lexprience per cent of employees are more likely to remain with their employertant le facteur le plus dterminant.after a long-term cross-border assignment, with the quality of theLes panlistes se sont accordsdire que la russite dune mission est experience being the most relevant factor. compromise lorsquelle est perue comme peu valorise ou freine The panel agreed that the success of an assignment is negativelypar des contraintes budgtaires permanentes.impacted in organizations where ongoing budget constraints andLIA sest avre un sujet brlant, comme ce sera le cas au congrs du perceived lack of value are present. CERC qui se tiendraMontralla fin de lt. Le dbat a soulign AI was a hot topic, as it will be during the upcoming CERC confer- que lIA pourrait transformer le secteur de la mobilit. Bien adopte, ence in Montreal later this summer.The key take-away from theelle pourrait permettre aux responsables et aux partenaires de la discussion was that AI has the potential to bring significant trans- mobilit de rendre les services plus efficaces (IA motionnelle, autres formation to the mobility industry. If embraced positively, AI couldapplications) tout en amliorant lexprience des employs et deempower mobility managers and service partners to build greaterleurs proches.efficiencies in services delivery (such as emotive AI and other applica- Le comit de planification du congrs du CERC a finalis le tions) while at the same time providing a higher quality experience toprogramme de ldition montralaise. Attendez-vousun bel the employee and family. vnement. On pourra sy renseigner sur dimportants sujets The CERC Conference Planning Committee has finalized thedactualit comme lIA, les facteurs ESG et le respect des lois sur program for Montreal, and we look forward to another successfullimmigration. Un grand merciPatricia Serwe ettout le comit conference. The conference will provide learning opportunities onpour leur travail. topics that are timely and valuable, including the aforementioned AI, ESG, immigration compliance and much more. Our sincere thanksComme vous le savez, le gouvernement canadien a annonc de to Patricia Serwe and the entire committee for their dedication andnombreux changements au programme des travailleurs trangers commitment to developing the conference program.temporaires (TET) ce printemps. Ceux-ci impactent bon nombre de nos entreprises membres, notamment celles dont les employs TET As readers are aware, the Canadian government announced manyaspirentla rsidence permanente. changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program earlier this spring. Those changes are having a negative impact on many ofLe CERC est membre dun groupe de travail sur les TET compos our member companies, particularly those with TFWP employeesdes grands groupes industriels nationaux concerns par ces who aspire to transition to permanent residence.changements. Au cours des derniers mois, nous avons participdes runions rgulires pour expliquer nos proccupations au CERC is a member of a TFW Taskforce, comprised of majorgouvernement et insister sur des amendements auxnational industry groups that are impacted by those changes. Overnouveaux rglements. the past several months we have participated in regular meetings with government to present our concerns and press for amendmentsOttawa a aussi annonc quil prolongeait la Loi sur linterdiction to the new regulations.dachat dimmeubles rsidentiels par des non-Canadiens jusqu la fin de 8PERSPECTIVESSummer 2024'