NEW MEMBERS Associate Members of the New Car Dealers Association of BC provide vital products and services to Dealer Members, allowing them to do business with greater cost effectiveness, environmental responsibility and general efficiency. Welcome to our new members!
Protect Canada is pleased to work with BC’s New Car Dealers. All of its products, including N95 NIOSH, KN95 masks, hand sanitizer, gowns, face shields and gloves, are being imported following the ISO 9001 standards. Protect Canada supplies PPE to the government, long-term care facilities and other various government agencies. Visit this website created for dealers to purchase authentic PPE from a Health Canada-approved supplier. Click here: protectcanada.ca/?ambassador=Darren428 At Peak, patrons have access to a wide range of cost-effective, customizable and specialized apparel and products that will help promote their businesses, assist marketing objectives and convey messages to their clients and shareholders. Peak offers trustworthy expertise on healthcare and PPE, uniform fulfillment programs and corporate apparel and promo.
For questions, to see a product brochure or bulk orders, please contact: Darren Dobson, National Account Manager darren.dobson@protectcanada.ca
For more info, please go to PeakApparel.ca. Contact: Eric Kazenbroot info@peakapparel.ca 604-445-4405
President’s Message Continued from page 5
Member engagement and communication will also continue to be a priority. Watch for dates for a virtual Chairman’s Tour town hall to connect with dealers in the key regions around the province. Other member activities will include resource bulletins, webinars and various offerings from associate members to support dealers’ businesses. Another key focus will be restructuring our business model and financial plan to make sure we have the resources to continue to meet the important needs of members when traditional revenue generators such as the auto show and Western Dealers Conference remain uncertain, at least in the near term.
NEW HR Program for Members We are pleased to share with you a new program for members from CADA 360 – HR Automation. The program is an all-in-one HR and compliance awareness solution created just for car dealers. • CADA 360 HR Automation is based on DealerPILOT’s proven HR and health and safety monitoring product. • Many dealerships have already taken advantage of DealerPILOT to streamline their routine management and monitoring activities. • HR Automation takes manual, time-consuming tasks, and simpliies and automates them, including items like onboarding, scheduling, health and safety monitoring, plus time sheet management and more. Contact us to learn more! (info@newcardealers.ca)
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Closing Thoughts During our recent AGM, in a report to members, I mentioned that almost a dozen years ago I was privileged to take on this role at a time when the wheels were falling off the global economy and the auto sector was taking a major hit. I was so inspired at the time by the positive, resilient attitude and smart business skills of our dealer members who adjusted their businesses and found ways to weather that storm. Today, I know that if anyone will survive the challenges to business from COVID-19 it will be BC’s New Car Dealers. As was the case back then, the NCDA was there to support our members, and we are there for them now. As Dr. Bonnie Henry says: “We are all in this together! Be kind. Be calm. Stay safe!”
Blair Qualey, President and CEO New Car Dealers Association of BC n bqualey@newcardealers.ca
