Doug and Anne Fisher – 53rd Anniversary – Sept. 10
Marc and Tracey Engel – Anniversary – Sept. 13
Laura and Larry Power – Anniversary – Sept. 13
Ian Robertson and Rebecca Kerr – Anniversary – Sept. 13
Bill Green – 18 year Club Anniversary
Judy Nairn – 7 year Club Anniversary
John Vickery – Oktoberfest Lunch Tickets are on sale. Allision Scott has sent an email to the Club with details. Lunch is Oct. 11
Troy Stuebing – Crown and Anchor – Need to fill the rest of the shifts. Contact Troy to confirm what shifts you would like to do. We all need to pitch in.
Doug Fisher provided an update on Gord Ferguson. Gord is now at home recovering after his fall, he is in good spirits but will always welcome notes and well wishes from his Rotary friends.
50/50 - $529 on the line. John Vickery had 2 attempts and John Rose had 1 attempt but the elusive black marble was not found. The pot will grow!
Guest Speaker:
Art Sinclair – Greater Waterloo Region Chamber of Commerce
Art is a proud member of the Waterloo Rotary Club and spoke to us about the Chamber of Commerce and the upcoming Federal Election. To open Art shared a quote from former Prime Minister Kim Campbell - “Election campaigns are not the time to discuss the issues”.This didn’t end well for Campbell in the 1993 federal elections.
Art provided background on the Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber has 1600 Members from all sectors. The chamber operates as a Public Not for Profit Organization. They are advocates for community interests, health care, doctor recruitment, transit, education among many other interests.
Art spoke about how Chambers of Commerce starting at the top being the Canadian Chamber of Commerce help to ensure topics are forefront during federal elections. They focus on matters such as employment levels, housing costs and taxes and how these are impacted by political decisions and can sway voters political support.
The Canadian Chamber has requested a Royal Commission Review of the federal taxation system. There have not been any major changes to the federal taxation system since the 1960’s. The Canadian Chamber through the requested Royal Commission would like to see an objective, fair and simplified federal taxation system.
Issues such as Healthcare and Pharmacare are always top of voters minds. One recent poll suggested most voters are concerned about healthcare, but didn’t trust any one party to fix the problems.
Locally the Greater KW Chamber (and local voters) are interested in matters such as infrastructure (Highway 7, two-way -all day Go trains), housing costs, employment levels among other matters.
Art closed his presentation with some fond words about Leo Tobi and his impact on the community. Art laughed that the Chamber folks were certain Leo had a twin, as there was no way one guy could be so involved in so many events in Waterloo Region. He is sure Leo was in almost every issue of Snapped KW taking part in one local event or another.
