Bateman and Winter are duking it out via Press Releases on Translink's sales tax grab with no best before date.
There's no place offered for the Public to see the voting results that has already taken place in each of the Chamber of Commerce. Are we expected to accept the word of CEO Winter that his presumptions of support exists? Who is right, Bateman or Winter?
Small businesses create the most jobs in the private sector.
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Why is it that the only people who sit as Directors of the local Chamber Commerce in North Vancouver represent corporation with assets in the high millions, even billions?
North Vancouver business high profile Members: Office of Hon. Naomi Yamamoto; Office of ICBC; James Belsheim Neptune Bulk Terminals aka Kinder Morgan (Map Balloon is not on top of the Facility); Capilano Suspension Bridge; Nine altogether
Winter says that Surrey, Vancouver and New Westminster Chambers have polled their Directors. Has a vote been conducted of the membership to see if there is a majority support for the Directors straw vote because right now there's a whole lot of presumption going on:
BC Chamber of Commerce Directors - Metro Vancouver only 'constituencies', right.....
Lower Mainland: "James (Jim) Belsheim is president of Neptune Bulk Terminals located in North Vancouver. Neptune is one of the largest deep sea terminals in North America. Over the past four years, the organization has significantly grown its role as a major transfer facility for Western Canada’s commodity exports.” Based in North Vancouver
Lower Mainland: Patrick Giesbrecht is senior partner of Giesbrecht Goodrich & Co, a PR firm specializing in communications, advocacy and government relations.Patrick and his business partner consult with not-for-profits and businesses all over B.C. They also provide media and communications training to businesses and associations. Based in Langley
Metro Vancouver: Steve Saville is a partner in the Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. Steve has an active transactional practice spanning a broad range of industry sectors. He advises clients on corporate and general business matters, as well as domestic and cross-border public and private financings, mergers and acquisitions. Steve represents clients in transactions that range from routine business matters to complicated domestic and international ventures. Based in Vancouver
Lower Mainland: Shana Najafi is a senior manager in the Private Company Services Group in Deloitte’s Vancouver office. She has over 10 years of public practice experience, providing a wide variety of tax and consulting services primarily to private companies. She has extensive experience in personal and corporate tax, as well as in income tax planning, comprehensive owner and family wealth planning and estate planning. Shana is actively involved in Deloitte’s internal technical training programs and also teach the In-depth Tax course for the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Based in Vancouver
Lower Mainland: John Winter was a senior executive with Canada’s largest brewing firm and held the position of president, Western Division, Molson Breweries. John’s 30-year career in the private sector included management assignments in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver and Los Angeles. He has extensive experience working with governments at all levels as a result of that experience in a regulated industry. John’s Chamber-related activities include being a member of the Province’s Small Business Round Table, Immigrant Employment Council of BC, Pacific Corridor Enterprise Council, and Lower Mainland Chamber’s Transportation Advisory Panel. Based in Vancouver
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Member Businesses (Corporate Members) Interactive Map
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Edmonton Northern Gateway Pipelines
Calgary Canadian Pacific Railway & Encana Corp
Billings Montana Cushing Terrell Design Inc.
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The Bottom Line for the BC Chamber of Commerce is:
Road Pricing means more of those overhead license plate readers designed in France eg. Port Mann Bridge and Golden Ears Bridge, but with a kicker.
Every on-ramp, every off-ramp would be adorned with the un-proven Compass camera readers, all for the low price of $1,523,489,124....... and counting
And then the expansion plans of street and avenue pricing; Parking meters; it will never end for Translink.
Vote NO.
Contact your local Chamber of Commerce to find out if there is support for CEO John Winter and then ask for the name of the businesses that are part of the Chamber because it would contribute to your decisions on where to shop in Metro Vancouver.
Bateman suggests there are more small businesses opposed to the tax, despite backing from the Vancouver and Surrey boards of trade and BC Chamber of Commerce.
John Winter, CEO of the BC Chamber of Commerce, said all the local chambers, except Langley, have backed the plan. “We presume they have the support of their individual members,” he said. “It doesn’t make sense if outliers like CFIB are out of step.
Both Surrey and Vancouver boards of trade said they polled their members on the proposed funding options in December, as did New Westminster Chamber of Commerce. - Vancouver Sun
There's no place offered for the Public to see the voting results that has already taken place in each of the Chamber of Commerce. Are we expected to accept the word of CEO Winter that his presumptions of support exists? Who is right, Bateman or Winter?
Small businesses create the most jobs in the private sector.
Alan Haigh is Manager, Business Group with BlueShore Financial. In over 16 years in the financial services industry with BlueShore Financial and a major Chartered Bank, Alan has extensive experience with business banking and commercial advisory services.The Group of bottom 4/5 would be better suited being Directors of Port Metro Vancouver
Gonzalo Benitez joined Neptune Bulk Terminals as Vice President Finance and Administration in February 2003 following a ten year career as Controller of the Substation Automation business unit of General Electric Company in Calgary. - (Neptune Bulk Terminals is Kinder Morgan)
James Carter is the General Manager at Carter Chevrolet Northshore and has been in the automotive industry for over 22 years. (Car salesman promoting public Transit???)
Mehdi Shokri has worked with many of Greater Vancouver's most prominent high tech and biotech companies and one of CBRE Limited's top producing teams in North America. (CBRE 600-1111 West Georgia Street is NOT a member of Vancouver Chamber)
Dave Dunbar joined Western Stevedoring in 1997 as Controller. He was later named Group Controller and further appointed Group Controller and Chief Financial Officer in 2011.
Scott Ellis is the Corporate Vice President for Grouse Mountain Resorts. He joined Grouse in 2002 following a successful 23 year career with Molson Canada in Sales and Marketing, Sport and Entertainment, and Corporate Affairs. - (GMR is Peel Financial Holdings Ltd; Whistler Water)(not a Member of Chamber)
North Vancouver business high profile Members: Office of Hon. Naomi Yamamoto; Office of ICBC; James Belsheim Neptune Bulk Terminals aka Kinder Morgan (Map Balloon is not on top of the Facility); Capilano Suspension Bridge; Nine altogether
Winter says that Surrey, Vancouver and New Westminster Chambers have polled their Directors. Has a vote been conducted of the membership to see if there is a majority support for the Directors straw vote because right now there's a whole lot of presumption going on:
“We presume they have the support of their individual members,” - CEO John Winter
BC Chamber of Commerce Directors - Metro Vancouver only 'constituencies', right.....
Lower Mainland: "James (Jim) Belsheim is president of Neptune Bulk Terminals located in North Vancouver. Neptune is one of the largest deep sea terminals in North America. Over the past four years, the organization has significantly grown its role as a major transfer facility for Western Canada’s commodity exports.” Based in North Vancouver
Lower Mainland: Patrick Giesbrecht is senior partner of Giesbrecht Goodrich & Co, a PR firm specializing in communications, advocacy and government relations.Patrick and his business partner consult with not-for-profits and businesses all over B.C. They also provide media and communications training to businesses and associations. Based in Langley
Metro Vancouver: Steve Saville is a partner in the Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. Steve has an active transactional practice spanning a broad range of industry sectors. He advises clients on corporate and general business matters, as well as domestic and cross-border public and private financings, mergers and acquisitions. Steve represents clients in transactions that range from routine business matters to complicated domestic and international ventures. Based in Vancouver
Lower Mainland: Shana Najafi is a senior manager in the Private Company Services Group in Deloitte’s Vancouver office. She has over 10 years of public practice experience, providing a wide variety of tax and consulting services primarily to private companies. She has extensive experience in personal and corporate tax, as well as in income tax planning, comprehensive owner and family wealth planning and estate planning. Shana is actively involved in Deloitte’s internal technical training programs and also teach the In-depth Tax course for the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Based in Vancouver
Lower Mainland: John Winter was a senior executive with Canada’s largest brewing firm and held the position of president, Western Division, Molson Breweries. John’s 30-year career in the private sector included management assignments in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver and Los Angeles. He has extensive experience working with governments at all levels as a result of that experience in a regulated industry. John’s Chamber-related activities include being a member of the Province’s Small Business Round Table, Immigrant Employment Council of BC, Pacific Corridor Enterprise Council, and Lower Mainland Chamber’s Transportation Advisory Panel. Based in Vancouver
BC Chamber Directory Interactive Map
Member Businesses (Corporate Members) Interactive Map
Edmonton Northern Gateway Pipelines
Calgary Canadian Pacific Railway & Encana Corp
Billings Montana Cushing Terrell Design Inc.
The Bottom Line for the BC Chamber of Commerce is:
Looking ahead, the Chamber recommends moving towardsroad pricing as a medium- to long-term solution for funding the Metro Vancouver transportation system while creating an effective demand-management system.
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| Better Transit |
Road Pricing means more of those overhead license plate readers designed in France eg. Port Mann Bridge and Golden Ears Bridge, but with a kicker.
Every on-ramp, every off-ramp would be adorned with the un-proven Compass camera readers, all for the low price of $1,523,489,124....... and counting
And then the expansion plans of street and avenue pricing; Parking meters; it will never end for Translink.
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| Vote Yes for Bloated Translink Management |
Vote NO.
Contact your local Chamber of Commerce to find out if there is support for CEO John Winter and then ask for the name of the businesses that are part of the Chamber because it would contribute to your decisions on where to shop in Metro Vancouver.