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April 5, 2016
Ego Versus Ethics
Landowner group opposition on Bill 100 is “bizarre”
By: Jennifer Layman
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The Ontario Landowners Association (OLA) used to be an
organization that cared about
people and their privately owned
land. They did some good work
in bringing awareness to important issues that affect landowners
and they were one of the few
truly rural organizations left. But
the OLA changed in the past few
years, becoming an organization
that fights as opposed to an organization that informs. Fighting
gets your name in the newspaper
and interviews with the radio
stations. Informing is much less
glamourous. Now, with their
position of opposition on Bill
100: Supporting Ontario Trails
Act, they have officially crossed
the line to jeopardizing the rural
areas that they once so valiantly
protected. Their egos have finally
surpassed their ethics.
In a call with OLA president,
Tom Black, it became evident
that the OLA was not informed
about easements and clearly
didn’t want to be. Nor were they
informed about Bill 100.
“The only reason for the Bill
“It is indeed unfortunate that the OLA does
not have people who are knowledgeable
providing advice to them.”
- MPP RANDY HILLIER
(Founder of the Lanark Landowners Association)
is easements,” said Black. “Even
an oral agreement is an easement.”
I explained that in my research,
easements require a legal process
that costs money, and where the
landowner must be a willing
party. Black disagreed saying
“anyone can register an easement.” I him to show me some
sort of legal support for that
position. He couldn’t. I asked
if he knew that easements have
been available for decades, even
without this Bill. He changed the
subject.
Mr. Black wanted to talk a lot
about wind turbines but I wanted
to talk about Bill 100 and the
OLA’s stance as it pertained to
snowmobile trails. I asked him
what he thought might happen to
the small, rural businesses that
benefitted from winter tourism?
He said the OLA was not against
the snowmobile clubs. I asked
why he would fight an organization that has built a trail network
from volunteer agreements, run
by volunteer people and that has
been doing so successfully for 40
years? He said the OLA was not
against the OFSC at all. I asked
why the OLA told every group
of people in their recent meeting
that you should get snowmobile
trails off your land? He said,
“We never said that.”
Less than five minutes later,
Black said that his position
on snowmobile trails was that
private landowners should “call
up the snowmobile club and
tell them to close the gate.”
That came as a shock to one
local landowner group who had
emailed me earlier in the day
saying, “I wanted to stress to you
that we (OLA) are not against
the snowmobile clubs and never
have been.”
So while the OLA seems a bit
confused on their position on
snowmobile trails, the OFSC is
very clear on their position: they
are not in the easement business.
“We have made it clear that
our organization does not use
or want easements,” said Paul
Shaughnessy, Executive Director
of the OFSC. “I don’t know why
[the OLA] continues to target
not-for-profit snowmobile clubs
as examples of the easement
argument when we clearly don’t
want them. We have stated that
every which way we could possibly state that.”
The OFSC’s position on not
wanting easements is two-fold.
First, for 49 years they have
operated a volunteer landowner
network with 50 per cent of their
32,000 kilometre trail network
going through private land. They
have done this with never having
needed an easement. Second,
registering an easement costs
money and the OFSC could
never financially afford to do
that given the size of their trail
network.
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Ottawa Valley Business
Events
April 7, 2016
Greater Arnprior Chamber of
Commerce Business Achievement Awards gala. Nick Smith
Centre. Doors open at 5:30pm.
Dinner at 6:00pm. Awards at
7:30pm. $40 per person. For
tickets call 613-623-6817.
Nominations welcome for various categories. See website for
details: www.gacc.ca
April 8, 2016
2016 Farmland Forum. Farmland
Forever: Help make it happen.
Provincial and municipal priorities for farmland protection, case
studies on leading land protection in Ontario. Held in Kitchener. 10:00am-6:00pm. To book
call 519-824-4120 ext.5264 or
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April 11, 2016
Arnprior Federation of Agriculture meeting. 8:00pm at
the Galetta Community Hall.
Contact Ernie Smith at 613-6233439.
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April 14, 2016
Legal Considerations for Your
Business. Topics include: choosing a business structure, agreements and contracts, leasing and
buying a business. Speaker: Andrew Howard, Howard Kelford
& Dixon, Barristers & Solicitors.
9:30-11:30am. $10.00. Small
Business Centre, Smiths Falls.
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April 20, 2016
Renfrew County Plowmen’s
meeting in Cobden. Contact
Myles England at 613-582-3470.
April 21, 2016
Renfrew County Beef meeting in
Cobden. Contact Donna Campbell at 613-432-5568.
April 22-23, 2016
Renfrew & Area Home and
Garden Leisure Show. Ma-teWay Activity Centre in Renfrew.
www.renfrewtoday.ca
April 25, 2016
Renfrew County Federation of
Agriculture meeting in Cobden.
Contact Donna Campbell at 613432-5568.
April 25-27, 2016
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Profit Homes and Services for
Seniors Annual Conference.
Held at the Sheraton Centre in
Toronto. www.oanhss.org
May 2, 2016
National Farmers Union meeting. Barrline. Contact Tony
Straathof at 613-587-4343.
May 2-5, 2016
Ontario Small Urban Municipalities Conference and Trade Show
Blue Mountain, Ontario.
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May 6, 2016
Grand Opening of the Renfrew
branch office of Family and
Children’s Services of Renfrew
County. 114 Argyle Street South
in Renfrew. 10:00am-2:00pm.
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May 7, 2016
Second annual Downtown
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Shop Trade Show. Check out
amazing products and services in
Downtown Pembroke and from
local Chamber of Commerce
members. Pembroke Memorial
Centre, 10:00am-3:00pm. More
more info call: 613-629-5555.
May 9, 2016
Arnprior Federation of Agriculture meeting. 8:00pm. Galetta
Community Hall. Contact Ernie
Smith at 613-623-3439.
May 11, 2016
Options Skilled Trades Fair.
Algonquin College Pembroke.
9:00am-2:00pm. This event is
free to exhibitors and the general
public. Exhibitors wanted. www.
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May 18, 2016
Renfrew County Plowmen’s
meeting in Cobden. Contact
Myles England at 613-582-3470.
May 19, 2016
Renfrew County Beef meeting in
Cobden. Contact Donna Campbell at 613-432-5568.
May 26, 2016
Algonquin College Spring Business Leadership Conference.
Professional sales, mobile marketing, employee engagement
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Business News Around The Valley
Hotel Wins Award
The Petawawa Quality Inn and
Suites has received the 2016
Platinum Award for excellence
from Choice Hotels Canada.
Chosen from more than 320
Choice Hotels Canada properties, the recipients make up the
top 10 per cent of its hotels.
The 33 honourees include 11
Platinum recipients (including
Petawawa), which represent
the top three per cent of Choice
Canada’s portfolio.
Local Municipalities
Support Resolution
The Town of Aurora has circulated a resolution asking for
support to limit the power of
the Ontario Municipal Board
(OMB), forcing them to uphold
planning decisions of municipal
councils unless they are contrary to the process set out in the
legislation. Recently, the County
of Renfrew opted not to support
that resolution, but two of their
member municipalities have - the
Township of Admaston Bromley and the Town of Arnprior.
The letter asks the Province to
limit the OMB powers to law or
process as well. The Township of
South Algonquin also supported
the resolution.
Town Supports Business
The Municipality of Head Clara
and Maria is going to bat for
its single commercial business
- Yates General Store. The municipality is petitioning Crevier,
the supplier of the store’s fuel, to
minimize the price differential
to allow our owner operator of
Yates General Store to be more
competitive and continue to be
viable as the only commercial
retail gas station in our whole
municipality which stretches 57
kilometres along highway 17.
There is often a difference of between nine and 11 cents per litre
between gas available at Yates’
and what is available in Deep
River. The resolution was carried
unanimously.
Clarification On
Bill 100 Article
In our March 15th article on
Bill 100, Ottawa Valley Business stated that “The easement is
voluntary. You never have to do
it if you don’t want to. But once
you do agree to an easement, you
can’t “un-agree” to it - it stays
with the property forever.” To
be clear, the easement does have
a timeline attached to it, and a
landowner would be required to
commit to the easement during that time line. A landowner
would not be able to get out of
the easement agreement prior to
that end date. Also in the article
we noted Terry Veaudry’s title as
being President of OFSC District
6 when in fact he is the Manager.
Legal Practice Sold
H.J. Stewart Lavigueur has
sold his law practice to Robert
Sheppard, JP Quintal and Sylvia
Christinck. All files, including
wills, will be taken over by the
three Pembroke lawyers. The
transfer is effective April 1,2
016. The office will continue
and will be operated by the three
lawyers who will provide general
practice, family law, wills and
estates, real estate and commercial transactions.
Downtown Raises $820
In celebration of their 40th year,
Downtown Pembroke’s Business Improvement Area raised
$820 through their Hockey
Spree event, a donation that was
returned to Elevate Youth Fitness
Studio, located inside the Phoenix Centre.
Cogeco Wins Awards
Cogeco Connexion (formerly TV
Cogeco) has won four customer
service excellence awards as
part of the 17th North American
Contact Center Industry Awards
2015. It won three awards in the
Voice of the Customer Excellence category, based on the
results of satisfaction surveys of
its customers, and another prize
to reward best practices in its
call centres. These awards mark
the seventh time in nine years
that Cogeco is recognized for the
service it provides to its customers. Cogeco employs 2,550 employees and operates 11,000km
of linear optical fibre between
Windsor and Gaspe, Quebec.
They have 37 community television stations and are supported
by nearly 1,000 volunteers.
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April 5, 2016
On The Move
Dave McMaster
Dave McMaster has been hired
by Horton Township as the new
Caretaker/Janitor for the Horton
Community Centre.
Ken Carr
Retired Arnprior Fire Department Captain Ken Carr was recently honoured for his 50 years
of service to the community. He
has served since late 1965 and
was made a captain in 1975.
Carr stepped down late last year
after completing 50 years and
one week with the department.
Between Ken, his father and
brother, the family has devoted a
total of 110 years to firefighting
in Arnprior.
Kevin Sebulski
Kevin Sebulski is the new General Manager for the Renfrew
Golf Club. Sebulski’s experience
includes working 13+ years with
Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. His
resume includes being the head
professional at some of Canada’s
top golf courses including Jasper
Park Lodge in Alberta. Sebulski
holds a Bachelor of Commerce
in Marketing and Entrepreneurial
Studies.
Kelly Boland
Kelly Boland is the new Contractor Sales Specialist for Valley
Window and Door. He brings
with him 32 years customer
service experience.
Gordon Schleen
Gordon Schleen is the newest Residential Sales Specialist
for Valley Window and Door.
Gordon is a licenced carpenter
and was promoted from within
the business.
Carl Zieroth
Carl Zieroth is the newest Sales
Representative for Re/Max Pembroke Realty Ltd. Carl has 22
years of real estate experience.
Melissa Boltz
Melissa Boltz has been hired as
the new physician recruiter for
the Barry’s Bay and Area Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee. Boltz has an
extensive background working
in healthcare and is looking to
continue the great work that the
region has already accomplished.
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Business News
Around The Valley
Jennifer Coleman-Davidson
Jennifer Coleman-Davidson, the
CEO of the Bonnechere Union
Public Library, has resigned.
Coleman-Davidson’s last day
was March 31st.
H.J. Stewart Lavigueur
H.J. Stewart Lavigueur is retiring
from his law practice as of April
1, 2016. Lavigueur was a lawyer
in Renfrew County for 37 years.
Gerry Gardiner
Gerry Gardiner has been hired
by the Township of Killaloe,
Hagarty and Richards as the
Waste Coordinator for the waste
sites in the municipality.
Frank Glofcheskie
Frank Glofcheskie has been
hired by the Township of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards as the
Truck Driver/Labourer for the
Public Works Department.
Chris Mantha
Chris Mantha is the Supervisor Roads and Fleet for the
City of Pembroke. Mantha was
recognized as having obtained
the highest average score in
the Public Works Leadership
Development Program, and was
awarded the Marvin D. Halladay
Memorial Education Award. The
presentation was made at the
recent Ontario Good Roads Association and the Rural Ontario
Municipal Association Conference in February.
Troy Dunlop
Troy Dunlop, the Public Works
Director for the Town of Mississippi Mills, has resigned. Dunlop
is taking up a position with the
Town of Smiths Falls where he
will be the Director of Public
Works and Utilities.
William Perry
William Perry is the newest
volunteer firefighter for the
Township of South Algonquin.
The municipality accepted his
application to work at the Whitney Station.
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EOWC Pleased with Budget
The Eastern Ontario Wardens
Caucus is pleased with the 2016
budget announced by the federal
government, specifically the
dollars for new infrastructure
investment and seniors affordable housing.
Local NFU Members On
Provincial/National Board
Tony Straathof and Tim Tabbert,
president and vice-president
of the Renfrew County National Farmers Union, have been
elected to continue on the Board
of the National Farmers Union
(NFU) of Ontario. In addition,
Straathof will also sit on the
NFU Canada Board.
New Businesses
In Smiths Falls
The Town of Smiths Falls is
welcoming four new businesses
to their municipality. Pawz N
Clawz is a pet store located at 14
Main Street West and is owned
by Jenna Grady. The Phone
Repair Center is located at 11823 Beckwith Street North in the
Rideau Heartland Center. It is
owned by Michael Duggas. Tilia
Blossom Wellness opened in
Suite 112-23 on Beckwith Street
North. The business is owned by
Karin Martinelli. Finally, C’est
Tout Bakery opened at 14 Beckwith Street South. The business
is owned by Amy Rensby.
Vaping Shop For Pembroke
Classy Clouds, an e-cigarettes
and accessories shop has opened
in Downtown Pembroke. The
business recently held its grand
opening on April 1. The store
is owned by Ashley Gore and
Courtney Roberts.
New Road Name
The Township of Greater Madawaska has changed the name of
Squaw Point Road to O’Neill
Point Road. The name change is
being made so as not to offend
First Nations people.
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New Business in Lanark
Dollar World Plus has recently
opened in Lanark Village. The
business is owned by Mukhtar
and Shahnaz Ahmad.
Mississippi Mills
To Fill Council Seat
The Town Mississippi Mills is
going to fill the vacant council
seat that became open upon
the death of councillor Bernard
Cameron. While the municipality had several options available,
they have chosen to ask for applications from interested parties
and then will hold interviews.
The application deadline is April
5, 2016, and interviewed will be
held on April 12. The candidate
will be announced April 19th.
New Business in Renfrew
The Town of Renfrew has
welcomed a new business that
is trending in the area. Escape
Renfrew is located at 354
Stewart Street in Renfrew. The
business offers a mystery where
individuals try to get out of a
closed room using clues to solve
puzzles. The business is being run by Jason Pye, Jeff Pye,
Adriene Milliken, Dell Lalonde,
Robyn Lalonde, Cindy Marki,
James Marki and Kristy Marki.
The business opened March
18th. It costs $20 for the experience and is geared to individuals
aged 16 and older.
City of Pembroke Survey
The City of Pembroke is looking
to hear from its local business
community as to what gaps or
challenges there are in developing business. The survey is being
conducted by MMM Group
Limited and is available on the
City’s website.
SpeedPro Best in Canada
Chris and Louise Hermitte,
owners of Speedpro Pembroke,
have won Speedpro Canada’s
Franchise of the Year award for
a second time. The prestigious
award recognizes a franchise
commitment to leadership, sales
volume and growth, ethics, innovation, employee satisfaction
and community involvement.
Speedpro employees include
Angela Lemke, Mark Clarke,
Jamie Smerdon and Amber Santerre. Speedpro Pembroke was
also nominated in areas of Client
Loyalty and Sales Achievement.
The business celebrated 15 years
in 2015. Speedpro Canada is the
largest sign franchise in Canada
with 48 franchises from Victoria
to Newfoundland.
Smiths Falls To Rebrand
The Town of Smiths Falls is
committing $115,000 for a new
look. $75,000 is being allotted to
developing a new website, and
$20,000 is being allotted each
for branding and visual identity.
The Town has been successful in
receiving a grant for the project.
Renfrew Chamber of
Commerce Board
The Renfrew Chamber of Commerce has elected their new
Board of Directors. Kent Tubman was re-elected as president
while the following directors
returned for another year: Byron
Hermann, Dave Lemkay, Amy
Rule, Mike Coulas, Bob John-
ston and Bob Hall. New directors
to the Chamber include: Lauren
Scott, Jean Hughes, Kelley
Lemenchick, Scott Wilson and
Wayne Fraser.
Travelodge Closes
Travelodge Pembroke has closed
their doors as of March 31st. No
details have been provided by
the hotel.
Deputy Warden Role Passes
The County of Renfrew will
have a deputy warden position
after a 78-62 vote in favour. The
position will be nominated by
the warden. Those in favour of
the deputy warden role included:
Glenda McKay, Walter Stack,
Kim Love, Tom Peckett, John
Reinwald, Jennifer Murphy,
Peter Emon and Michael Donohue. Those opposed were Glenn
Doncaster, Garry Gruntz, Bob
Kingsbury, Deborah Farr, Debbie Robinson and Jim Gibson.
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Sweet, Terry Millar and Janice
Visneskie-Moore.
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Shaughnessy’s concern is
for the rural communities that
benefit from snowmobile traffic,
and for the private landowners
who may be getting inaccurate
information from the OLA.
“The volunteers with the local
snowmobile clubs are the same
volunteers with your kid’s soccer team,” says Shaughnessy.
“They’re all just trying to do
something good for the community. These are the same communities with OLA members, and
the OLA is trying to scare the
daylights out of these people. It’s
bizarre.”
It is bizarre. Even the founder
of landowner rights advocacy in
Ontario, Randy Hillier, now an
MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox-Addington, is not in support
of the OLA’s position.
“Apparently the OLA has issued a statement full of falsehoods and misleading innuendos regarding trails on private
property,” wrote Hillier on his
Facebook page. “For the record
Bill 100 does not grant any new
authorities over private land, nor
does it infringe or impair private
property rights. It is indeed unfortunate that the OLA does not
have people who are knowledgeable providing advice to them.”
The organization that was once
a beacon for rural communities
and private landowners is now
leading those same people down
a dangerous path. It isn’t Bill
100 or a local snowmobile club
that landowners should be worried about, it’s the OLA itself.
Rural Mayors Form Group
Want small towns to be heard by province
By: Jennifer Layman
[email protected]
The mayor of 14 municipalities
in Eastern Ontario have decided
to work together to increase the
opportunity to provide input on
issues affecting rural towns. So
far, they are taking on the OPP
billing system, and provincial
funding formulas.
For the OPP billing system,
the group has uncovered that the
OPP is billing based on assessments provided by the Municipal
Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC). In some cases,
MPAC has noted cell phone towers and wind turbines as being
“residences” and this has added
$212,000 more to OPP billing
for 12 of the 14 members of the
Rural Mayor’s Forum of Eastern
Ontario (RMFEO).
With respect to provincial
funding, the RMFEO noted
that only one of the 14 member
municipalities was successful
in funding due to the current
criteria. The group is seeking a
more detailed response of why
the funding was denied so they
can plan to be more successful in
the future.
“Small, rural municipalities
have been isolated,” says Ron
Higgins, spokesperson for the
RMFEO, “but we are in a chang-
ing environment and we need
to come out of our shells. In
today’s environment, things have
to change and we need to work
together.”
Higgins said the group has a
focus on bringing more investment into their communities and
help other municipal association
such as the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)
and the Rural Ontario Municipal
Association (ROMA) with issues
affecting small, rural towns.
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Book Club: Losing The Signal
The Spectacular Rise And Fall Of Blackberry
It’s A Fact
Snowmobiling
in Ontario
32,658
Kilometres of OFSC
snowmobile trails
22,213
Kilometres of OFSC trails
on private land
10,445
Kilometres of OFSC trails
on public land
14,024
Landowners with OFSC
trails on their property
By: Jacquie McNish
and Sean Silcoff
Average cost per kilometre
to build a new trail
It was a classic modern
business story: two Canadian
entrepreneurs build an iconic
brand that would forever change
the way we communicate. From
its humble beginnings in an
office above a bagel store in
$2,000
$1.2 Billion
Annual economic activity
generated by OFSC
snowmobile trails
$112 Million
Annual provincial tax
revenue from spending by
snowmobilers
$496
Dollar per kilometre cost
to operate OFSC trails
786,010
Litres of fuel used by club/
association groomers during the 2011-12 season
a
Waterloo, Ontario, BlackBerry
outsmarted the global giants with
an addictive smartphone that
generated billions of dollars. Its
devices were so ubiquitous that
even President Barack Obama
favoured them above all others. But just as it was emerging
as the dominant global player,
BlackBerry took a dramatic turn.
Losing the Signal is the riveting, never-before-told story
of one of the most spectacular
technological upsets of the 21st
century. Unlike Enron, which
was undone by its executives’
illegal activities, or Lehman
Brothers, which collapsed as part
of a larger global banking crisis,
BlackBerry’s rise and fall is a
modern-day tale of the unrelenting speed of success and failure.
It is a thrilling account of how
two mismatched CEOs outsmarted more-powerful competitors
with a combination of innovation and sharp-elbowed tactics;
and how, once on top of the
world, they lost their way. The
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Average age of
snowmobilers
$68,000
Average household income
of snowmobilers
229
OFSC clubs in Ontario
Source: OFSC
Wisdom
Don’t find customers for your
products, find products for
your customers.
- Seth Godin
Trail permits sold during
the 2011-12 season
Approximate number of
OFSC family snowmobilers
company responded too slowly
to competitors’ innovations, and
when it finally made its move, it
stumbled with delayed, poorly
designed and unpopular smartphones. A little more than a
decade after Research In Motion
introduced the BlackBerry, it is
now struggling to survive. Its
share of the US phone market
fell from 50 per cent in 2009 to
about one percent in 2013, showing just how aggressive, fast and
unforgiving today’s global business market can be.
About the Authors
Jacquie McNish a senior writer
with The Globe and Mail. She
is a regular host on Canadian
business news station BNN and
an adjunct professor at Osgoode
Hall Law School.
Sean Silcoff is an awardwinning business writer with
The Globe and Mail. He led the
paper’s coverage of the rise and
fall of BlackBerry and many
of the other major business
stories of the decade, including
the takeover battle for telecom
giant BCE Inc.; the contentious
merger between brewers Molson
and Coors; and the near-death
struggles of plane and train
manufacturer Bombardier Inc.
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himself or get all the credit.
- Andrew Carnegie
The fastest way to change
yourself is to hang out with
people who are already the
way you want to be.
- Reid Hoffman
Be so good they can’t ignore
you.
- Steve Martin
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Ottawa Valley
BUSINESS
Views On
Charities
79%
Canadians who trust charities, a number that has remained relatively constant
for 13 years.
79%
79% of Canadians aged 18
to 24 trust charities.
77%
77% of Canadians aged 25
to 34 trust charities.
71%
71% of Canadians in 2013
say they have some or a lot
of trust in charity leaders
(down from 77% in 2000
and 80% in 2004.)
93%
93% of Canadians consider
charities to be important.
34%
34% of Canadians believe charities only ask for
money when they really
need it.
88%
88% of Canadians believe
charities generally improve
quality of life.
70%
70% of Canadians believe
charities are generally
honest about how they
use donations (down from
84% in 2000).
86%
86% of Canadians believe
running a business is a good
way for a charity to raise
money it can’t obtain from
other sources.
Source: The Muttart Foundation
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SPECIAL SECTION
VOLUNTEERING
The Business Case for Volunteering
Key findings in UK study makes the case
Source: Volunteering: The
Business Case
The City of London (UK) commissioned a report to “research
and examine the skills and competencies employees can develop
through active participation in
employer supported volunteering
programmes in education.” The
aim of the research was to investigate the real business benefits
that derive from a well-managed
volunteering programme. The
research moves beyond showing that employees feel more
positively about their employer
if they perceive them to be
socially responsible and into
examining the financial value
to the business of the skills and
competencies developed through
volunteering.
KEY FINDINGS
The majority of respondents
report that volunteering has
developed their skills and competencies across a broad range of
business- relevant areas. These
competencies are strongly related to an individual’s personal
effectiveness in their work role.
The skills included:
1) Communication skills,
including the ability to communicate clearly and concisely with
a wide range of people and listen
actively.
2) Ability to help others: set
individual performance goals,
coach and counsel, provide
training and development and
evaluate performance.
3) Adaptability and ability to be effective in different
surroundings and with different tasks, responsibilities and
people.
4) Influencing and negotiating skills, including persuading
others, resolving conflicts and
negotiating agreed solutions.
MANAGERS NOTICE
CHANGES
The skills development
observed by volunteers is corroborated by the overwhelming
majority of managers who say
that volunteers acquire useful
skills from their volunteering experience. Managers see measurable gains in the same business-
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relevant skills as those reported
by the volunteers themselves.
In addition, there is clear
evidence that the skills and
competencies developed through
volunteering assignments are of
direct relevance to the companies involved. Nearly all of these
skills feature in the mainstream
competency frameworks used by
companies to monitor and guide
staff development; and all of the
companies are investing significantly in training and development programmes to build these
competencies in their staff.
The research found that the
experiential nature of the learning achieved by the volunteers
makes it hugely valuable in the
skills development process and
sets it apart from more traditional approaches to training.
Volunteering requires employees to step outside their normal
working role and build relations
with people who may have a
very different world view from
their own.
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VOLUNTEERING
Ottawa Valley
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The Business Case for Volunteering
The skills training experience and cost benefits
Continued from Page 8
Respondents report that moving outside their “comfort zone”
in this way is extremely useful in
both developing their skills and
transferring these skills back into
the workplace.
However, if companies are to
harness the power of volunteering as a route to learning and
development, they need to manage the process properly. This
research underlines the importance of integrating volunteering activities into mainstream
HR processes of appraisal and
development.
THE COSTS
With regard to the costs involved, it is clear that employee
volunteering programs can be
delivered for relatively modest
costs. Overall, the research found
that among respondent businesses the average annual cost to
support each volunteer involved
in an education based activity
in is $711 CDN per person per
annum. This figure comprises the
full cost including direct man-
agement costs and all additional
costs (transport expenses, time
out of the office, volunteering
budgets, training etc.) involved
in running an effective volunteering program.
The companies involved in this
research are typically investing
at least $747 CDN per person
annually to develop relevant
skills and competencies in their
staff. This figure is only the cost
of a training opportunity and has
not factored in additional costs
such as running a learning and
development department and the
time lost by an employee being
out of the workforce. With these
all taken into account, the cost
would be substantially higher.
Thus, volunteering assignments represent a highly costeffective way to develop certain
core competencies.
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS
The argument in support of
employee volunteering does
not simply rest on a direct cost
comparison with other forms of
training and development. It is
important to consider the wider
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benefits of volunteering as part
of a company’s community
investment activities. In addition
to developing new skills, the individual employee benefits from
improved morale and increased
motivation, job satisfaction and
commitment to the company, all
as a direct result of the opportunities afforded by their volunteering experience.
Working to provide structured
support for community partners
delivers real social benefits to
the partner organization which
gains from the advice, guidance,
knowledge and experience of
the volunteers. This research did
not attempt to outline or assign
a financial value to all of these
additional benefits associated
with the volunteering experience.
These positive returns should
also be taken into account when
we consider the costs and benefits of organizing a volunteering
programme.
Overall the report provides a
strong articulation of the business case for supporting employee volunteering program.
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93%
People who volunteer to
give back to community.
78%
People who volunteer to
use skills and experiences.
59%
People who volunteer
because they are personally
affected by the cause.
48%
People who volunteer to
explore own strengths.
48%
People who volunteer because friends volunteer.
46%
People who volunteer to
network or meet people.
22%
People who volunteer to
improve job opportunities.
21%
People who volunteer to
fulfill religious obligations.
58%
People aged 15 to 24 who
volunteer - 130 hours/year.
46%
People aged 25 to 34 who
volunteer - 109 hours/year.
54%
People aged 35 to 44 who
volunteer - 136 hours/year.
45%
People aged 45 to 54 who
volunteer - 167 hours/year.
41%
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People aged 55 to 64 who
volunteer - 201 hours/year.
36%
People aged 65+ who
volunteer - 223 hours/year.
April 5, 2016
Ottawa Valley Business
REC 2016-01 - Janitorial/
Caretaker Services. Horton
Township.
No bids were received. Horton
posted this opportunity as a job
and hired Dave McMaster.
RFP - Plow, Box and Spreader
For 2016 Ford F-550.
Tay Valley Township.
Gin-Cor Industries
Capital Road Technology
Drive Products
Awarded to Gin-Cor in the
amount of $49,985.
PW-01-2016 - East Street
Sidewalk. Town of Petawawa
Smith’s Const. - $115,686.80
H & H Const. - $159,804.44
Greenwood - $ 166,545.00
Awarded to Smiths.
No.16-01 - 2016 Surface Treatment Program. Municipality of
Mississippi Mills.
Greenwood - $345,765.76
Cavanagh Const. - $321,982.48
Smith’s Const. - $388,853.54
Crains Const - $337,238.23
Awarded to Cavanagh.
Tender Results
No. 16-07 - Catch Basin Cleaning - 2016-2019. Municipality
of Mississippi Mills.
NCM Hydrovac - $94,187.76
Normand Excav. - $78,359.85
Clean Water Works - $48,341.40
Xsite Enterprises - $44,146.14
Tomlinson Enviro. - $124,596.60
Awarded to Xsite.
No. 16-06 - Flushing and
CCTV of Sanitary Sewer 2016- 2019. Municipality of
Mississippi Mills.
Xsite Enterprises - $96,786.43
Clean Water Works - $91,282.87
Normand Excav. - $300,176.20
NCM Hydrovac - $159,957.15
Awarded to Clean Water Works.
PW-03-2016, Reconstruction
of James Street and Laroche
Crescent. Town of Petawawa.
H & H Const. - $153,555.65
Do-All Const. - $178,771.01
Smith’s Const. - $181,076.05
Clouthier Const. - $181,180.71
Greenwood - $ 204,816.50
BEI Construction - $237,064.37
Awarded to H&H.
Garage and Winter Sand/Salt
Storage Structure. McNab
Braeside.
Michanie Const. - $1,095,488.00
Cavanagh Const. - $1,598,500.00
AWD Contractors - $965,000.00
Clouthier Const. - $1,217,000.00
Argue Construction$ 859,650.00
McDonald Bros - $1,690,000.00
PW 01-2016 - Used 4WD Tractor With Side Mounted Rotary
Mower. Greater Madawaska.
MT2 Equipment - $109,610.00
Cubex Ltd. - $125,712.50
Colvoy Equipment - $128,376.55
Huckabones - $138,975.57
Amaco Equipment - $168,191.46
Amaco Equipment - $174,672.01
Awarded to Cubex.
2016-PWP-003 - Miller Road
Landfill Operations . Town of
Deep River.
Only one bid received. Five year
contract awarded to K&T Trucking. Bids per year are as follows:
Year 1 - $62,160.00
Year 2 - $63,360.00
Year 3 - $64,560.00
Year 4 - $65,760.00
Year 5 - $66,960.00
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PW-2016-02 Design and Construction of a Public Works
Winter Sand/Salt Storage
Structure. McNab Braeside.
Michanie - $1,095,488.00
Cavanaugh - $1,598,500.00
AWD Contractors - $965,000.00
RGT Clouthier - $1,217,000.00
Argue Const. - $859,650.00
McDonald Bros. $1,690,000.00
PW-02-2016, Municipal Building Front Entrance Upgrades.
Town of Petawawa.
H&H Construction - $35,398.23
Clouthier Const. - $67,750.00
Greenwood - $ 77,465.00
Awarded to H&H.
PW0-2016-09 – 4-Wheel Drive
Compact Grader. County of
Renfrew.
1. Nortrax Canada Used 2013
Noram 65E - $190,175.00
2. Nortrax Canada Used 2015
Noram 65E - $237,875.00
Nortrax Canada New 2016
Noram 65E - $243,125.00
Awarded to Nortrax in the
amount of $190,175.00.
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Tender Results
RFT #PW-2016-01 Downtown
Revitalization. Arnprior.
H&H Const. - $15,457,363.43
Bonnechere Ex. - $4,399,929.70
Cavanagh - $10,743,875.97
Greenbelt - $13,812,286.53
Colautti - $11,549,480.61
Clarence Mac. - $13,329,175.85
PWO-2016-05 – Two Tandem
Trucks & Plow Units. County
of Renfrew.
Valley Truck - $549,684.00
Lourds Papineau - $553,711.16
Francis Canada - $557,118.00
Awarded to Valley Truck &
Spring.
PW-2016-02 – Plow, Box,
Spreader for a 2016 Ford
F-550. Tay Valley. Awarded to
Gin-Cor Industries in the amount
of $49,985 excluding HST.
Replace Loading Doors. Defence Construction Canada.
Awarded to Wade General
Contracting in the amount of
$13,250.00.
Construct Running Trail,
Phase 1B. Defence Construction Canada. Awarded to H&H
Construction in the amount of
$617,952.84.
Upgrade Various Battery
Rooms. Defence Construction
Canada. Awarded to Harrington
Plumbing & Heating Limited in
the amount of $486,800.00
Repair Sewer Main S-600.
Defence Construction Canada.
Awarded to RGT Clouthier in the
amount of $108,160.00.
Electrical Upgrades at Building CC-128. Defence Construction Canada. Awarded to
Frank’s Electric in the amount of
$13,947.77.
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Tenders
TENDERS
Community Boat
Launch Rebuild
----Winter Sand (Lanark)
----Sale of Surplus Equipment
----Concrete Supply
----Traffic Marking
----Catch Basin Cleaning
----Asphalt Patching
----Evergreen Stage Improvements
----Replacement of Windows &
Doors (Eganville)
----Lakeshore Tennis Court Rebuild
----Replacement of Asphalt Shingles
on Gable Roofing
----Supply and Installation of
Exterior Doors in 80 Units
----Replacement of 54 Windows
and 1 Patio Door
----Tree Trimming & Removal –
Equipment Rental & Labour
----Line Painting Services
----Concrete Works
----Granular Materials
----Asphalt Patching &
Road Resurfacing
----Water Treatment
Plant Upgrading
----Granular M
----Winter Sand
----Sale of Surplus Equipment Loader
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
RFP - Energy Management
Services
RFP - Tourism Map & Guide
----RFP - Engineering Services Bell, O’Brien, and Isabella Street
Reconstruction
----RFP - Professional Services
for Engineering Services for
Renewal of Structure
----RFP - Animal Control & By-Law
Enforcement Services
REQUEST FOR
QUOTATIONS
RFQ - Water Tower Roof
Replacement
----RFQ - Aggregate Suppliers
----RFQ - Contractor Equipment
Rentals
----RFQ - Supply and Delivery of
One (1) Half-Ton Truck
(Extended Cab)
----RFQ - Supply and Delivery of
One (1) Cab and Chassis
----RFQ - Design and Print of The
Highland Voice
----RFQ - Supply, Collection,
Laundering & Delivery of Work
Apparel/Supplies
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
EOI - Opportunities to
Enhance Facilities
Tenders and results are posted
online at: www.ovbusiness.com
A Note About Tenders:
Ottawa Valley Business contacts municipalities once a week
for any active tenders they have
available. We also visit their
websites to provide these tenders
and we contact municipaliteis
for results as soon as the tender
expires. If there is a tender or
result you do not see posted with
us, please let us know.
April 5, 2016
Ottawa Valley Business
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Restarting Your Marketing Plans
Needs can change as business grows
By: Jennifer Layman
[email protected]
As businesses grow, there
are things you start taking for
granted. It’s not intentional, but
as you become accustomed to
things going along in a certain
way, you sort of rely on that to
simply continue without as much
effort on your part as it once
took. In marketing, I call this
“coasting.” A company works
hard on their brand, builds their
profile and then “coasts” along,
taking a bit of a breather from
working on the company and
resting a little more on their
laurels, simply because they can.
If this continues, one day the
business owner realizes that his
brand is not where it once was
and others are passing him by.
Now the owner is faced with
what it would take to raise the
brand awareness again. Sometimes, this can seem too daunting, having been out of the
marketing game for a while. It
may be easier to sell the business
or cut back on what it offers and
run a more efficient, but smaller,
operation. There is nothing
wrong with that choice – it is,
after all, the owner’s business.
The other option is to reinvest in
marketing and grow the profile
again. This is usually the choice
if the owner still has goals to
reach in the business or if an
opportunity presents itself that
is financially rewarding. This
option also works if plans are
in place to sell the business in a
few years, and the owner wants
to use marketing to get the best
price for the business.
Restarting Marketing
Hitting the restart button on
marketing takes a strategy – a
plan that the business can support, and that will, over time,
help raise the profile of the
brand. The business is not where
it was when you were on top of
your game, and it is likely that
your strengths and weaknesses
have changed. The other thing
that has changed is people – how
they access information, how
they buy and how they are influenced. Even if you could make
the miraculous case that nothing
in your business has changed,
people have changed.
Taking a look at your business strengths and weaknesses at
this point is not always a dismal
story. Strengths can increase
over time, such as having had
more experiences with customers
to solve problems with greater
efficiency than you could 10
years ago. You may have more
experienced staff and better suppliers as well.
Weaknesses are usually in the
knowledge of how to market to
the audience today - what to use
online, what to use for print, etc.
These are aspects of a strategy
that are critically important when
you’re restarting your business
marketing.
When I work with clients in
this situation, we end up with
items that need to be addressed
right away, and items that can be
worked on by the business over
time. The bigger challenge is
motivating the business to stick
with it, something they haven’t
done in a while. This is not a fast
process, it will take time, and
the business owner needs to be
accepting of that.
Having an active marketing
plan will never be money wasted
in your business. Even if you
restart and then decide to sell,
you have a strategy in place and
plans for the future that make it
easier for someone to step in and
run the business more easily than
if those plans were not in place.
Jennifer is the owner of Forward Thinking Marketing Agency. Her column
appears every issue.
Sometimes in business,
you just have to go
your own way.
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