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Premier talks women’s leadership at Burnaby Board of Trade event

By Michael Keller michael@bbot.ca

MAR–APR 2016

The Burnaby Board of Trade celebrated International Women’s Day (a few days belated) with a Women’s Business Leadership Luncheon on Friday, March 11. The event featured a special keynote presentation from perhaps the most influential woman in British Columbia today, Premier Christy Clark.

The Premier spoke about the importance of having women in leadership roles, noting her own cabinet is 40% women, and women occupy numerous senior roles in key offices within the public sector. She also noted however that it is harder for women to enter and be successful in politics, as well as in business. She encouraged those in attendance to be a force behind change.

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Premier talks con’t from cover need to change our culture and change our attitudes so that it’s okay for women to be whatever they want to be—whether they strive to be the best mother they can be, or the CEO. If we succeed in one thing as this generation of women, that will be the most important thing we can achieve.”

Premier Clark herself is set to become the longest-serving female first minister in the country this week, when she passes the former Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak, who served for five years and one day. Clark noted that 5 years and two days is hardly a lofty record compared to male premiers who in a couple of instances have served 14 years. It

serves as a reminder that there is still progress to be made for women in the workplace.

The Premier acknowledged that she herself is still occasionally ignored in meetings, despite being the leader of the country’s fastest growing province.

“I still sometimes sit in meetings with male staffers when we have guests come in and they [the guests] talk to the male staffers even though they are there to meet with me,” said Clark.

Gender parity has long been linked to economic prosperity, with studies showing that profitability, return on investment (ROI) and innovation all increase when women are

counted among senior leadership. That is one of the reasons the Burnaby Board of Trade has initiated the BBOT Women’s Initiative—a new working group that will bring together both men and women interested in supporting women in leadership positions at all levels of business to foster important discussion, facilitate meaningful connections, and advance advocacy positions.

“International Women’s day has taught us that women’s advancement and leadership are central to business performance and economic prosperity. It’s an economic imperative,” said BBOT President & CEO Paul Holden. “As the economic development

agency for Burnaby, we have embarked on numerous activities and initiatives to make this community a better place to do business, and we’re long overdue to create a more formal opportunity for the women and men in our community to discuss women leadership objectives.”

According to Holden the BBOT Women’s Group will provide a forum for women at all levels of career and business to hear the personal experiences, motivations and successes of women leaders and ignite dialogue on the topic of women’s leadership and foster valuable connections in our community. ¾

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Stantec: Building Strong Communities

By Tessa Vanderkop tessa@bbot.ca Stantec has been in business for over 60 years and with offices in over 250 locations worldwide they understand the secret to their continued growth and success. At the heart of their organization is their commitment to being a global leader by doing business in a way that meets the needs of the present while contributing to an environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable future.

Reducing their impact environmentally means finding approaches that are the least impactful. Their goal is to demonstrate that operating their business sustainably can lead to long term business success.

But environmental health is not the only thing that is top of mind for Stantec. Being a global company means putting down local roots and investing in the communities they operate in. One example is Stantec in the Community Day which encourages volunteerism. Recently staff from Stantec’s Burnaby and Vancouver, offices helped out with site maintenance and general gardening for the Wildlife Rescue Association (WRA).

Their relationship with WRA started when Kim Rees (Team Lead Functional Services) noticed an injured pigeon near a Skytrain station. She captured it and took it to the Wildlife Rescue Association for rehabilitation which kick-started another volunteer effort.

Noticing the trash under the Skytrain station made her realize how much humans encroach on land and use up resources

needed for wildlife. She decided to do what she could to help minimize the impact of garbage in this area. Armed with tongs, pails and determination, a group of Stantec volunteers now clean the area every two months.

“We feel we’re doing what is right and making Stantec’s values personal. It’s rewarding to work for a company that enables us to get out into the community so we can make a difference. I asked for the company

BBOT Presents to Burnaby City Council on Expansion to IMBL Program

By Cory Redekop cory@bbot.ca After advocating for a pilot program to allow businesses that work across city boundaries to be able to get one interchangeable business license, the Burnaby Board of Trade

again appeared before Burnaby City Council on March 7th to argue for an expansion of the Inter-Municipal Business License (IMBL) program to allow businesses in the construction and trades-related sectors to be able to work in any city from Hope to West Vancouver with a single IMBL.

to provide the tongs, pails and supplies and they were more than willing to do so. It’s extremely satisfying at the end of the 2 hours to see all the garbage we have removed and the people that live in the area are always thanking us for our efforts.” says Rees.

Stantec has its eye on the triple bottom line including these 2017 environmental targets: · Energy Consumption: 5% per capita reduction (or 1.25% per year) · Carbon (GHG) Emissions: 5% per capita

reduction (or 1.25% per year) · Waste: Implement recycling programs in every office consistent with municipal recycling standards · Paper Consumption: 10% per capita reduction (or 2.5% per year) · Paper Recycled Content: At least 80% weighted average recycled content Stantec is indeed helping to build strong local communities.¾

In 2013, the BBOT successfully advocated to city council to join with five other Lower Mainland municipalities (Vancouver, New Westminster, Richmond, Surrey, and Delta) to create a pilot program to allow businesses to be able to secure an inter-municipal business license which would allow them to legally operate in any of the participating cities.

Previously, businesses would have to apply for a new license in each city they wished to do business in, a costly and time-consuming

process. This past fall, the pilot program was made permanent between the six participating municipalities.

Burnaby, along with its colleagues in the region’s Chamber of Commerce network, is now spearheading a call for this model to be expanded across the Lower Mainland. The BBOT thanked City Council for its willingness to adopt the inter-municipal business license program in 2013 and encouraged building on that success with the proposed expansion. ¾

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and across the region, from Purdy’s Chocolates and Telus, to KPMG, LivaNova and beyond.

Some are now successful business owners in their own right. This year, for the first time, alumni of the Access Program are serving as committee chairs, and as mentors, bringing with them what is already a reasonably significant breadth of experience.

In the board of trade/chamber community, we are starting to learn that success over the next decade is going to be about learning to engage our stakeholders—both internal and external—in new ways, by offering lots of choice, and creating innovative and flexible formats and opportunities to deliver on success. The same is true for the business community, so let your business leaders be leaders, regardless of age.

The lesson here is that it’s time to stop creating artificial divides between the “us

and them” or the “present and the future,” because those lines are already blurred far more than most people seem to recognize.

Instead, let’s galvanize and convene the multiple demographic clusters in our offices to embrace new technologies, maximize efficiencies, and develop new and better products. It’s time for us to focus on utilizing the wealth of knowledge, experience, and perspective around us to shape better business communities and grow a sustainable economy for today and the future. ¾

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Whether your perceptions of the millennial generation are positive or negative, most professionals probably think of them as the “next” generation. There are 70 million of them, and for better or for worse they will change the world as the first wholly digital generation with 24/7 global connectivity— provided they can find a job.

Here’s the thing: millennials are not the next generation, they are the current generation. At the top end of the demographic, millennials are approaching their mid-thirties. You have probably been working with millennials in your workplace for 10+ years already; hell you might realize that you yourself are a millennial. This generation is already having a huge influence

on the world and in business (how many of you have implemented digital marketing strategies in the last decade?), and have been for quite some time.

The Burnaby Board of Trade runs a student career development program called Access that helps senior post-secondary students prepare to transition into the workforce. A few major components of the program include mentorship, workshops and committee participation. While the average age of participants in Access definitely places them in millennial territory, it is also increasingly millennials in the mentorship, program development, and leadership roles.

In fact, there were millennials involved in the actual creation and management of the program right from its inception and launch.

Alumni of the Access Program now represent numerous businesses in Burnaby

Burnaby Board of Trade supports 4th balanced budget and applauds signal for PST reforms

By Cory Redekop cory@bbot.ca The Burnaby Board of Trade (BBOT) represented its members with the provincial government last month by attending the provincial budget speech live in Victoria.

Andrew Scott, the Chair of the BBOT Government Relations Committee, and Cory Redekop, BBOT Policy & Events Manager, were present in the Legislature for the unveiling of the new 2016-17 provincial budget by Finance Minister Michael de Jong.

Overall, the BBOT was pleased to see the provincial government continue its commitment to balanced budgets and prudent fiscal management with the release of this, its fourth consecutive balanced budget.

The BBOT was encouraged that Budget 2016 signals the potential for provincial sales tax (PST) reform through the establishment of a Commission on Tax Competitiveness which will be asked to consider ways to modernize the existing sales tax and taxation policy to keep pace with our changing and evolving economy. Both the BBOT and

the BC Chamber of Commerce have been advocating strongly for PST reform over the past years, and the BBOT made a submission to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services as part of the 2016 Budget Consultation process late last year.

“We are particularly pleased that the government has listened to us and other business organizations and has made a commitment to further improve tax competitiveness,” said BBOT President and CEO Paul Holden.

In addition, the budget reaffirmed previously announced key supports for the BC tech sector with the creation of a $100 million tech sector investment fund, a move also previously advocated for and applauded by the BBOT. The 2016/17 budget contained a projected surplus of $377 million for the end of fiscal year 2015/16 as well as a surplus of $264 million forecast for the coming fiscal year of 2016/17. With this balanced budget and its projected surpluses, especially in light of plunging commodity prices, the BBOT believes British Columbia continues to distinguish itself positively from most other jurisdictions in Canada.

Other highlights of Budget 2016 included a new full exemption of the property transfer tax for newly built homes up to $750,000 and amendment to the Medical Services Plan (MSP) by making all children exempt from premiums.

In addition, the budget contained several announcements of particular relevance to social and environmental concerns including an additional $673 million over the next

BC Finance Minister Michael de Jong Photo: BC Gov’t Flickr three years to the Ministry of Children and Family Development and the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation.

A further $13 million has been identified in 2015/16 within the Innovative Clean Energy Fund, in support of government’s energy and

environmental priorities. As a triple-bottomline organization, the BBOT will ask its Social Development Committee and Environmental Sustainability Committee to review Budget 2016 and continue to guide BBOT advocacy in these areas. ¾

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