b'HRAI TALENT / TALENTS ICCCRHRAI, the Ontario Refrigeration andAs a result of theseexprience de la politique provinciale Air Conditioning Contractors Associa- et municipale. tion (ORAC) agreed to jointly fund themoves, HRAI is betterComme pour le rle fdral, position under the terms of an MOUlICCCR a cherch un partenaire pour that was signed off in late Septemberaidergarantir ce nouveau poste. 2019.positioned to act onReconnaissant que leurs efforts en matire de relations gouvernementales British Columbia behalf of members pourraient tre accrus grceun HRAI has identified the Provincepartenariat avec lICCCR, lOntario of British Columbia as a priority forRefrigeration and Air Conditioning membership service and growth, leadingGrceces mesures,Contractors Association (ORAC) a the value proposition with a strongaccept de participer au financement government relations push, ideally inlICCCR est mieuxde ce poste. partnership with allied trade associations. This is a province in which thereColombie-Britanniqueare notable directions being taken byplac pour agir au governmentsthe provincial govern- LICCCR a identifi la province de la Colombie-Britannique comme une ment and the larger municipalitiesthatnom de ses membres priorit pour le service aux membres et warrant attention from the industry. Tolacroissance.assist in building the provincial presenceIl sagit dune province dans that it needs, HRAI has contracted withlaquelle le gouvernement provincial et Impact Public Affairs (IPA) to provideles grandes municipalits adoptent des that needed support in the person ofHowever, the flare-up of a singleorientations mritant lattention de lin-Victoria Cross. With considerable PRregulatory issue (a dramatically amendeddustrie. Pour laidertablir sa prsence and GR experience, Cross has worked onhalocarbon phase-out regulation withprovinciale, lICCCR a pass un contrat behalf of a long list of clients and will bemajor repercussions for manufacturers)avec Impact Public Affairs (IPA) pour a capable representative for the industry.caused a re-thinking of that decision.lembauche de MmeVictoria Cross. Through an extension of the aboveCelle-ci a travaill pour le compte dune Quebec arrangement with IPA, HRAI pickedlongue liste de clients et sera une repr-In its immediate GR staffing plans,up the services of IPAs Carlos Godoy,sentante comptente. HRAI had not originally included thea seasoned and deeply connected GR Province of Quebec as a priority, partlyspecialist in the province who is based inQubecdue to the relatively small numberQuebec City and Montreal.of members in the province, but alsoAs a result of these moves, HRAIDans ses plans de dotation en RG, because of HRAIs ability to workis better positioned to act on behalf oflICCCR navait pas initialement through or alongside existing provincialmembers to take on the many chal- inclus la province de Qubec comme associations such as CETAF (Corpora- lenges that confront the industry. Wepriorit, en partie en raison du nombre tion des entreprises de traitement dewelcome these talented professionals torelativement faible de membres dans lair et du froid) and CMMTQ (Lathe government relations team and lookla province, mais aussi en raison de la Corporation des matres mcaniciens enforward to generating meaningful resultscapacit de lICCCRtravailler par tuyauterie du Qubec). that will benefit the membership!le biais ou aux cts dassociations provinciales existantes telles que la CETAF (Corporation des entreprises de traitement de lair et du froid) et la CMMTQ (Corporation des matres mcaniciens en tuyauterie duQubec).Cependant, lexplosion dune seule question rglementaire (un rglement dlimination progressive des halocar-bures) a provoqu une remise en ques-tion de cette dcision. Dans le cadre dune extension de laccord susmen-tionn avec IPA, le HRAI a fait appel Building cost is critical and so is quality. Selkirkaux services de Carlos Godoy, spcia-understands that both are essential to everyliste en RG expriment et profond-project for long term efficiency, economy andment connect dans la province, bas safety. Selkirk goes beyond varying codes to Qubec etMontral.meet the rigorous standards of Underwriters Laboratories. Strength and safety are at theGrceces mesures, lICCCR heart of every product we make. That is whyest mieux plac pour agir au nom demandingcustomerstrustSelkirkmorede ses membres afin de relever les than any other brand. nombreux dfis auxquels lindustrie est confronte. Nous souhaitons la bienvenueces professionnels talen-tueux au sein de lquipe des relations gouvernementales et sommes impa-tients de produire des rsultats signifi-catifs qui profiteront auxmembres !18 InsightSpring 2020'