FPCBP Newsletter - May 2000 1 ? Busi ness Forum with Pre mier
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FPCBP Newsletter - May 2000 1 ? Busi ness Forum with Pre mier
? Business Forum with Premier Mike Harris while jobs and in vest ments have grown. Building on these strengths, Mr. Harris de liv ered his mes sage on how he en vi sions On tario in the fu ture. Mike Har ris’ mes sage is sim ple, CUT TAXES! Not only did he pledge to con tinue their pro gram of tax reduc tion to stim u late the econ omy, Mr. Harris urged the Fed eral Gov ern ment to re duce ? On tario Pre mier Mike Harris On Feb ru ary 8, the FPCBP to gether with the CIBPA and the Indo-Canada Cham ber of Com merce had the plea sure of host ing a lunch for the Hon our able Mike Har ris, Premier for the Prov ince of On tario. The event was held at the To ronto Marriott Eaton Hotel and brought to gether 3 in flu en tial communities in the GTA. Our very own Charles Sousa gave a spir ited and hu morous in tro duc tion. His ad dress was so well re ceived that it has been sought af ter by the Pre mier’s of fice for fu ture use. Mike Harris became the twenty-second Pre mier of On tario fol low ing two con sec utive landslide election victories. His com mon sense revolution struck a cord with peo ple across the prov ince who were tired of big gov ern ment, waste ful spend ing and rising unemployment. During his term in of fice Mike Har ris and his team at Queen’s Park have ef fec tively cut taxes, re duced red tape and eliminated barriers to growth. Dur ing this time, the econ omy has grown and prospered, un employment has fallen FPCBP Newsletter - May 2000 taxes fur ther in up com ing bud gets. Mr. Har ris voiced con cern that too many Ontarians are not yet shar ing in the Province’s pros per ity and that only with con sider able Fed eral Gov ern ment tax cuts can every one ben e fit. He sug gests a flat 20% tax (con tin ued on page 2) President’s Message I am pleased to an nounce the for ma tion of your new Board of Di rec tors as was appointed by the gen eral as sem bly on Febru ary 24, 2000. This year not only marks the dawn of the new millennium it also cel e brates the dawn of FPCBP’s 20th anni ver sary. In deed the as so ci a tion has accom plished much in its first 19 years and the expectations are high for us to con tinue do ing more. We ac cept this chal lenge and ap pre ci ate your sup port to foster our mis sion of build ing aware ness and promoting our visibility in the business and pro fes sional com mu nity. One of our association’s greatest ac complishments is its devotion to ac ademic ex cel lence. We are proud to fos ter one of the lon gest and larg est bur sary programs in the com mu nity. We con grat ulate the found ing mem bers for hav ing estab lished this pro gram and all sub se quent boards for main tain ing and build ing upon its mer its. These ini tia tives as sists our future gen er a tions to ex cel, and, in keep ing with this spirit, that en cour ages con tin uing ed u ca tion, we are please to an nounce a re vi sion to the schol ar ship pro gram that of fers more op por tu nity to a wider se lection of stu dents, es pe cially those in their last year of high school. Plans this year also in clude a di rec tory, which has al ready been de vel oped in draft form. And, to com ple ment that, we have now es tab lished a new web site un der our A. Charles Sousa, FPCBP Pres i dent own do main to en hance avail abil ity and provide you with more access to FPCBP’s fa cil i ties. We continue to commit to providing you with a wide variety of business fo rums, from meet ings with the Pre mier to in for ma tive dis cus sions with ex pert econo mists and busi ness lead ers both in Canada and abroad. This is on top of our annual golf tour na ment set for June 27 and the annual Gala Awards Dinner sched uled for No vem ber 11th. We are count ing (con tin ued on page 2) 1 (con tin ued from page 1) on your con tin ued spon sor ship for these two worthy events that ultimately en able rec og ni tion of ac a demic ex cel lence and busi ness achieve ments. Our goal is to also en hance our paid mem ber ship in or der to in vest more in the de liv ery and daily ad min is tra tion of these pro grams. We en courage your suggestions and ap pre ci ate your in put. FPCBP is commit ted to the com mu nity as our mis sion is to pro mote busi ness ac tiv ity and develop net work ing op por tu ni ties that facil i tate and en hances our po lit i cal vis ibil ity and ad vo cate where pos si ble the prominence of our community mem bers. To in crease our vis i bil ity re quires us to entice many more decedents of Portuguese her i tage who work and reside out side of the com mu nity. It is our hope, there fore, to en cour age more partic i pa tion and fos ter equal ity among all mem bers. As such we are proud to announce the for ma tion of a new com mittee, our Women’s Council, so that we may en sure that all fac ets of our mis sion are met. We seek to embellish our group through a variety of events including more involvement with other as so ci ations namely ACAPO. We are also proud to part ner with Luso Golf an or ga ni za tion that has suc ceeded in rais ing substantial funds to enhance youth & education. FPCBP is honoured by their plan to donate all proceeds from their tour na ments to FPCBP’s Schol arship Trust Fund. And we hope to continue build ing upon re la tions with other Portuguese Business associations in other parts of the country including a more prominent role in the European Un ion Cham ber of Com merce. In clos ing, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who, as volunteers, sac ri fice your time and devote your en er gies to the bet ter ment of our com mu nity. Thank you! 2 (con tin ued from page 1) rate across the board. This he says will stim u late fur ther the Ca na dian and On tario econ omy. As a per cent age of GDP, Mike Harris cites that which many already feel and it is miss ing from their wal lets – bot tom line he says Ca na di ans pay higher per sonal in come taxes than any other G-7 na tion. The Pre mier’s speech was fol lowed by a short ceremony wherein Premier Harris was pre sented with a plaque to re mind him of the valu able con tri bu tions made by our com mu nity. He fielded ques tions at a press conference immediately following lunch. The pre mier was el o quent in his ap pre ci ation of Por tu guese Ca na di ans and thanked all organizations for co-ordinating this cross cul tural lun cheon event. FPCBP also thanks the members of CIPBA and IndoCanada for their col lab o ra tion. We appre ci ated meet ing with many var ied group ? Charles Sousa in tro duces the Premier mem bers and thank them for mak ing this a suc cess ful net work ing op por tu nity that was en joyed by all. Luis Sal va dor A CIRV Radio e a Comunidade em prol de Moçambique Campanha Radiofónica – Eco de Solidariedade Foram 10 horas consecutivas de apelo radiofónico, Domingo, a 5 de Março pas sado, mobilizando imensos recursos e vontades, invadindo o descanso merecido das famílias que não hesitaram em prestar o seu contributo imediato ao povo moçambicano, vítima das cheias recentes que fizeram transbordar o Rio Limpopo, destruindo tudo à sua passagem, matando e dispersando a população que foi atrozmente votada ao desabrigo e à miséria. Acometidos por todo o tipo de tragédias, nos últimos anos, que minariam qualquer tipo de esperança e alento, os moçambicanos estavam, contudo, a soerguer-se e a organizar-se para um fu turo melhor quando, implacavelmente, foram arrasados pelas cheias que, sem o auxílio internacional imediato, os conduzirão irremediavel e inevitavelmente à ruína completa, desvastados pela fome, carência de água potável e condições sanitárias e consequentes epidemias que já martirizaram demais este povo. Aparentemente, neste momento, ter-se-à acumulado o montante, bastante significativo, de quase 200,000.00 dólares canadianos, depositados no TD Bank, da Dundas e Ossington (Mo zam bique Floods Relief Fund) ou em qualquer dependência do CIBC, conta #010-00302-20-13533. Gostaria de salientar, contudo, que muitas destas contribuições feitas, via VISA, têm vindo a ser devolvidas por incompatibilidades na sua identificação. Queria acrescentar, também, que, para além do imenso esforço, tempo e energia já dispendidos por todos quantos se envolveram nesta campanha há que adicionar a paciência acrescida (e perdoem-me por não citar o nome dos demais envolvidos, pois uma página não chegaria) da Carmen e Cláudia da CIRV que, depois de um dia inteirinho de intenso trabalho tem que contactar, pela noite fora, estas centenas de participantes devolvidos, afim de confirmar da dos e intenções. A FPCBP esteve, directamente, envolvida na campanha radiofónica, colaborando na cobrança de pagamentos VISA e através de muitos dos seus membros que prontamente acorreram à chamada, apoiando na recolha de da dos pelo telefone, e mais uma vez, felicita o Sr. Alvarez e toda a sua equipa pela iniciativa que irá, seguramente, marcar a diferença. Palmira Almeida FPCBP Newsletter - January 2000 ? Ajuda humanitária a Moçambique Um grupo de amigos de Moçambique directamente, numa conta aberta no Banco realizou no dia 11 de Março um jantar, no Pinto Sotto Mayor, em Toronto, com o Europa Catering Hall para angariação de nome de “Acácia Rubra” e o número de fundos para as vítimas das cheias em conta 1232719. Neste momento o to tal Moçambique. líquido da receita a ser enviado, via Contou com a participação generosa da AMREF Can ada (Af ri can Med i cal and Reartista Rebeca Bagarrão e sua equipa e a search Foundation), já atingiu os CAN música esteve a cargo de Sound’s Good $12,500 Productions. Kanimambo a todos quantos O programa da noite foi apresentado por patrocinaram este apoio, nomeadamente, Clara Abreu e Alexandre Franco da CFMT que conduziram o leilão silencioso, depois de um agradável jantar. Deste programa, salientamos a presença de João Lúcio que declamou a poesia “Negra” de Noémia de Sousa e o poema “Ao Meu Belo Pai Ex-Emigrante” de José Frank Alvarez, CIRV FM, Seanna Massey, AMREF Ex ec u tive Di rec tor, Eliz a beth Dove, Craveirinha. AMREF As sis tant Di rec tor, Luis Branco Clara Abreu também apresentou, com alma genuína, o CIRV Radio, Jorge Antoniotti (Empire poema de sua autoria “Quase Um Grito de Life), Unique Travel Agency, Jornal Sta dium, Bento’s Auto & Ser vice Cen tre, Luís Alma”. Todos os fundos angariados foram Branco & As so ci ates, To tal Traf fic Ticket John Carvalho (Remax), enviados para AMREF Canada (African Defence, Mondetta Tele com mu ni ca tions, JF GraphMedical and Research Foundation) uma ics, To ledo Graph ics, Blue Pages Por tuorganização não governamental que guese Di rec tory, Vinga Foods, Sec ond Cup trabalha há mais de 40 anos no Sul de África e está neste momento a prestar (Streetsville), Geor gette Nunes, North At assistência médica às populações afectadas lan tic Fish eries, Joe da Costa (Ad di son on Bay), Jorge Campos, Sol Português, José pelas cheias. Fizeram parte da comissão organizadora Lobo Fernandes, CFMT Television, Luís Branco & Filho (Luís Branco & As so- Manatta Jewel lery, Luís Paiva de Carvalho, ciates), Alexandre Franco e Clara Abreu Telecom Por tu gal, Edu ar do Mar tins, Royal (CFMT), Jorge Campos (Mondetta) e Airlines, Ecco La Restaurant, Portuguese Trade and Tourism Commission, Louro Palmira Almeida (FPCBP). Donativos em dinheiro foram feitos, Jew el lers e Labatt. ? The Ontario Trillium Foundation The On tario Trillum Foun da tion provides grants to char i ta ble and non-profit organizations for initiatives in Arts & Cul ture, En vi ron ment, Hu man & So cial Services and Sports & Recreation. Trillium is an agency of the Min is try of Cit i zen ship, Cul ture and Rec re ation and re ceives $100 mil lion an nu ally from the Gov ern ment of On tario. For more in for ma tion, call Trillium at 416-963-4927 or e-mail at [email protected] Sub mitted by: Joe Pimentel, Di rec tor ? FPCBP Mission Statement To pro mote busi ness ac tiv ity, fos ter professionalism, develop networking op por tu ni ties, en hance po lit i cal vis i bility, encourage academic excellence and, as the rep re sen ta tive voice, ad vocate the prominence of our members within and out side the Por tu guese Cana dian Busi ness and Pro fes sional community. ? FPCBP Directory The FPCBP Directory is long over due! The time has come to put this right and it seems that a prac ti cal Internet oriented ver sion will make its de but first in www.fpcbp.com , more about this else where in this News let ter. The bound hardcopy will be more comprehensive with listings by name, by busi ness activity and to include advertising and sponsorships. Our computer fa cilities are be ing up graded, thanks to the gen erosity of some members, and Jorge Ribeiro promised his assistance in the print ing works. Keep tuned to the website launch and the up date to fol low in the sum mer in the FPCBP News let ter Vol. 19. Carlos Laborde-Basto FPCBP Newsletter - May 2000 3 ? PERIPÉCIAS: A Diáspora do Azeite Angariação de fundos para Moçambique Campanha Acácia Rubra No es for ço de boa von ta de e so li da ri eda de tão ca rac te rís ti cos dos Por tu gue ses há sem pre co i sas que acon te cem. A nossa só cia Ma ria Scott, ten tan do an ga ri ar fundos para a campanha, solicitou ao Sr. José Cor re ia (nos so só cio, tam bém, sempre participativo mas sempre au sen te, na sua in ces san te la bu ta para dar de co mer a tan tos Por tu gue ses e sim pati zan tes) a res pec ti va par ti ci pa ção. José Correia não se fez rogado e ofereceu uma ca i xa de aze i te des ti na da ao le i lão. Ma ria Scott, na sua azá fa ma cons tan te, so li ci tou que o aze i te fos se en tre gue, direc ta men te, no Eu ro pa Ca te ring, sen do, ob vi a men te, des pa cha do para a co zi nha e, se não fos se o zelo do pes so al do resta u ran te que já ti nha tudo pron ti nho, os 200 par ti ci pan tes do jan tar te ri am sa bore a do, logo ali, o dito tem pê ro. Eu só me per gun to como é que o Domin gos que foi o fe liz con tem pla do se sen ti rá ao tem pe rar a sa la da com tal ingre di en te? Será que ele, an tes da re fe ição, fará um minuto de silêncio pelas azeitonas que pereceram, que por um se gun do que seja ele sus pi re de alí vio e gratidão pelas milhas que poupou na aqui si ção do dito cujo? A mim parece-me, Manuela, já que es ta mos, tam bém, na Cam pa nha Edu cação 2000 con tra a fal ta de li te ra cia em Por tu guês, o alvo não de via atin gir só a ar ra ia mi ú da, mas tam bém os gra ú dos, logo, a par tir do lar, de vi am ha bi tu ar-se a res pe i tar o que é Por tu guês. E por falar em “Diáspora” bem-vindos se nho res agen tes de in formação e cultura com a nova edição bi-semanal. Palmira Almeida Caso pretenda informar-se ou prestar auxílio a Moçambique poderá consultar: •Medecins Sans Frontieres www.msf.org •Intermon www.intermon.org •Oxfam In ter na tional www.oxfam.org.uk/atwork/emerg/mozamb.htm •Cruz Vermelha Espanhola www.cruzroja.es/mozambique/indice.htm •Cruz Vermelha www.icrc.org/eng 4 ? A toast to Taylor Fladgate fine Port Wines On April 19th, ICEP in con junc tion with FPCBP and Body & Soul of Por tu gal were treated to a taste of Por tu gal’s fin est, with world re nown Ports by Tay lor Fladgate & Yeatman. A wide va ri ety of vin tages were enjoyed by all at the Ontario Club. We thank members of Body & Soul for the good com pany and ICEP for or ga niz ing the event. Our guest host, Mr. Bower, was superb in his de liv ery of fine wines. It was a cel e bra tion of our Por tu guese “spirit” and cul ture. Em nome da Federação, gostaria de cumprimentar os patrocinadores deste encontro e o seu distinto convidado, o Sr. Bower, pela divulgação do já tão famoso Vinho do Porto, e também agradecer a iniciativa do ICEP, ao reunir os nossos membros e o “Body & Soul” que aproveito para cumprimentar, esperando que, num fu turo próximo, nasçam e renasçam muitos outros encontros desta natureza que venham a projectar, ainda mais, os nossos valores, nomeadamente o do Vinho do Porto que já é uma marca nacional e internacional. Só tenho pena que a minha mulher não tenha estado presente, pois estou convencido que se lembraria, com uma certa emoção, de uma viagem que fizemos em 95 ao Porto, em que comemorámos os nossos dez anos de casados com um precioso vinho de 1985. Aproveito, ainda, para desejar a todos os Portugueses e à nossa comunidade, em par tic u lar, os votos de progresso pessoal e profissional, de preferência, na boa companhia de um Taylor Fladgate Yeatman. A. Charles Sousa Busi ness Tip of the Month! This is brought to you as part of our on-going com mit ment to help your busi ness grow and pros per. This brief busi ness tip is de vel oped by lead ing busi ness ex perts. ? Federal Government support for innovative technology development Small and me dium-size firms (SME) are one of the main driv ing forces of the Ca nadian econ omy. They em ploy more than 60 percent of the Canadian workforce, and pro por tion ately de vote more re source to research and development activities than larger corporations. SMEs (less than 500 employees) are leaders in innovation and job creation, and have the flexibility to adapt to changes in the mar ket place more quickly than larger com pet i tors. But in dus trial in no va tion is com plex and dynamic - an interaction of technology, marketing, regulation, financing and hu man resources. As a SME involved in R&D, you can tap into the fed er ally funded Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) which is de signed to help Ca na dian companies become more competitive through tech no log i cal in no va tion. IRAP is a federally funded innovation and technology assistance program from the National Research Council (NRC). IRAP’s man date is to ad vance the tech nolog i cal com pe tency of Ca na dian com pa nies to com pete suc cess fully in the global market place. IRAP is a na tion-wide net work of sci en tists, en gi neers and or ga ni za tions with ex ten sive tech ni cal, busi ness and in dus trial expertise. Your first point of con tact with IRAP is through an In dus trial Tech nol ogy Advisor. IRAP’s as sis tance gen er ally falls into two cat e go ries: i) free ad vi sory ser vices, and ii) cost-shared fi nan cial sup port. i) Free Ad vi sory Ser vices. IRAP net work provides assistance in developing plans and procedures for new technology and R&D pro jects. ii) Fi nan cial Sup port. IRAP also as sists in ac quir ing for eign tech nol ogy and un dertakes fea si bil ity stud ies, tech ni cal anal y sis and problem solving, to develop specific technologies from the “proof of concept” stage to the near-market stage, and also helps you add skilled em ploy ment For more in for ma tion, visit the NRC Web Site at: www.nrc.ca/irap A. Charles Sousa FPCBP Newsletter - January 2000 ? Bolsas de Estudo Informamos todos os interessados que as aplicações para concorrer às Bolsas de Estudo atribuídas pela FPCBP deverão ser entregues, devidamente preenchidas, até 1 de Outubro do ano corrente, afim de poderem ser distribuídas no nosso Jantar Anual, em 11 de Novembro de 2000, no Mississauga Con ven tion Cen tre. Os respectivos formulários para a aplicação poderão ser recolhidos no escritório da FPCBP, das 9H00 às 13H00 e caso necessite de qualquer esclarecimento adicional, não hesite em contactar-nos pelo telefone (416) 537-8874, fax (416) 537-9706 ou e-mail [email protected]. A todos os potenciais patrocinadores e, agradecendo antecipadamente o vosso interesse e solidariedade, solicitamos que contactem a comissão das Bolsas de Estudo, através do Louis Louro (416-961-4653) ou Daniel Fernandes (416-823-0665) ou ainda o nosso escritório, pelo telefone (416) 537-8874. Palmira Almeida ? FPCBP’s Women’s Council We are excited to announce that FPCBP is in process of establishing a new com mit tee within our or ga ni za tion, with the pri mary in ten tion of en hanc ing the interests of Portuguese Canadian Professional Women. This new com mittee is intended to compliment and op er ate within the ex ist ing man date of the Fed er a tion by ex pand ing our sphere of involvement. To this end we are seeking your support to facilitate this venture and once established, will be en ti tled FPCBP’s “Women’s Coun cil”. It will abide by the Fed er a tion’s guidelines, structure and by-laws. We will keep you informed of fur ther de vel opments, which include business forums with prom i nent women lead ers in business and politics. For more in for mation, and how you can be come in volved on the com mit tee, please con tact Laura Lima @ (416) 722-5663. Laura Lima, Di rec tor FPCBP Newsletter - May 2000 ? 2000 Calendar of Events We thank mem bers for con tin u ing to so licit and pro mote FPCBP’s good cause. By bol ster ing our mem ber ship we can fur ther en hance our stand ing within the com mu nity. Your phil an thropic ef forts have helped to pro mote ed u ca tion and busi ness aware ness that ben e fit many and help to so lid ify our prom i nence within the Ca na dian Busi ness en vi ron ment. Our goal is to sig nif i cantly in crease our level of paid mem bers so we may pro duce better pro grams and ad vo cate more ap pro pri ately the needs of our busi ness com mu nity. This is in ad di tion to the following: Busi ness and Pro fes sional Fo rums: Feb ru ary 8, 2000 Cross-cultural lun cheon with Pre mier Mike Har ris at the To ronto Marriott Eaton Ho tel Feb ru ary 24, 2000 March 11, 2000 An nual Gen eral Meet ing at 722 Col lege St. To ronto Mo zam bique Re lief Fund Ef fort sup port ing the Aca cia Rubra Din ner at Europa Ca tering and CIRV radiothon Port Wine Tasting with Tay lor Fladgate & Yeatman in con junc tion with ICEP & Body Soul of Por tu gal at the On tario Club An nual Chair man’s Din ner with Eu ro pean Cham ber of Com merce, fea tur ing H.E. Mr. Jose Manuel Duarte de Je sus, Am bas sa dor of Por tu gal in Can ada, at the To ronto Hilton An nual Sata Ex press Char ity Tour na ment by Luso Golf with pro ceeds to FPCBP Schol ar ship Trust Fund Women’s Coun cil, Eco nomic Brief ing, Olym pic Com mit tee Presenta tion, Can di date’s De bate, In ter na tional Fo rum.To be an nounced later. April 19, 2000 May 16, 2000 May 23, 2000 June to Oc to ber. Golf Tour na ment To par tic i pate and spon sor, please and con tact Joe Pinto @ (416) 876-5055 June 27, 2000 Hockley Val ley Golf and Coun try Re sort Cen tre An nual Awards Din ner We re mind stu dents to sub mit ap pli ca tions be fore Oc to ber 1, 2000. We also en cour age members to please sub mit nom i na tions for Busi ness and Pro fes sional Awards as soon as pos si ble. No vem ber 11, 2000 At The Mississauga Con ven tion Cen tre. ? A Private Audience with RTPi The Fed er a tion of Por tu guese Busi ness & Pro fes sionals was in vited to meet with representatives from RTPi together with key mem bers of the com mu nity. RPTi was represented by Dr. Fernando Alexandre from Lisbon and Dr. Pedro A. Bicudo from their North Amer i can del e gation. Community representation was pro vided by notable busi ness and as so ci a tion leaders, lo cal politicians as well as Por tuguese rep re sen ta tives from U of T & York university. The invitation was made by The Por tuguese Consulate and took place on their pre mises hosted by the Con sul Gen eral and the Vice Con sul. The pur pose of the meet ing was to in form the com mu nity about RTPi’s li cense ap plica tion at CRTC and ob tain sup port from the com mu nity while seek ing as sis tance in the process. RTPi was es tab lished in 1992 to serve the Por tu guese Com mu nities around the globe. At pres ent 4 sep a rate sat el lites cover their transmissions through the universe with 1 set pro gram for ev ery one. RTPi is at tempting to cover North Amer ica where at pres ent they are in 12 million households through ca ble. This does not take into ac count satellite images re ceived through C Band or dish net works. The ob jec tive of RTPi is to reach, through public television, communities across the world with content pertaining to different com mu ni ties through out the world. In this way communities would be better con nected and versed about each group within their com mon lan guage. Their recent request to CRTC was de clined, how ever, they will con tinue to pursue this issue with the hopes that some prog ress can be made. The CRTC news release can be viewed at: www.crtc.gc.ca/ENG/NEWS/RELEASES/ 2000/R000113e.htm The meeting ended with a question and an swer pe riod where com mu nity mem bers were permitted to critique, and provide sug ges tions to RTPi. It was clear that our community members are frustrated by some in con sis tent com ments com ing from RTPi in re gard to their de gree of will ingness to work to gether for a com mon goal. It ap pears that much work is needed in order that a com mon front be es tab lished to bring into our com mu nity the pro gram ming that RTPi has en vi sioned. In for ma tion about RTPi can be ob tained by vis it ing their web site at www.rtpi.rtp.pt Luis M. Sal va dor, Sec re tary 5 Business Forum Eugénio Medeiros with the Pre mier Raimundo Favas, Frank Alvarez, Mike Har ris, Ravi Seethapathy, and others Rakesh Goenka, VP ICCC, Louis Louro, Carlos Laborde-Basto and others Pre mier re ceives plaque from FPCBP, ICCC and CIBPA Josie da Silva, Amilcar Jacinto, Jorge Ribeiro e Joe Pinto Louis Louro, Charles Sousa, Mike Harris, Robert Sacco, CIBPA, Ravi Seethapathy, Pres i dent ICCC All photographs cour tesy of Eugénio Medeiros, Medeiros Photography Charles S. Coffey, Ex ec u tive Vice Pres i dent, Royal Bank 6 FPCBP Newsletter - May 2000 Business Forum Arnaldo Santos, Barbara, Ruben Goulart and others Paul de Melo, Laurie Wil liam son, Garth Waltken, Ron Lenyk Arnaldo Gar cia, Wal ter Galvão, Manuel Silveira, Johnny Lombardi, Charles Sousa Armindo Silva, Mrs. Alvarez, Frank Alvarez, Charles Sousa, Fernando Costa Raimundo Favas, Jack Lains, Avelino Fonseca, Brito Fialho, Mark Marques José Borges, Alexandre Franco, Louis Louro, Nellie Pedro Jorge Ribeiro, Nuno Ferreira, Luís Sal va dor and others Charles Coffey, Joe Spina MPP, Carl de Faria MPP, Catherine Courson, RBC VP and others FPCBP Newsletter - May 2000 7 ? Mississauga Convention Centre’s Grand Opening ? FPCBP’S 2000 Annual Golf Tournament Fed er a tion of Por tu guese Ca na dian Busi ness and Pro fes sionals 722 Col lege St. # 301 To ronto M6G 1C2 Tues day, June 27th 2000 Hockley Val ley Golf & Coun try Club Re sort Well done by our members Manuel Silveira and Luis Pimentel, and their colleagues at MCCC, for a fantastic gala evening on April 7th. MCCC opened their doors to lo cal busi ness and corporate clients for an entertainment bonanza, full of cross-cultural music, dance and food among a myriad of vi sual ef fects. We con grat u late them for wel com ing the many var ied cul tures in our community and for upholding our Portuguese traditions within them. Good Luck and Best wishes for con tinued suc cess. 18 holes pre mium golf course Power carts Up scale re sort & fa cil i ties Reg is tra tion 11:30 AM Shot gun start 1:00 PM Fab u lous 12 oz steak Din ner im me di ately fol low ing Hole in one, car, trips and other prizes will be an nounced Per golfer: ..............................$150.00 Hole Spon sor (+ 1 golfer): .....$300.00 Foursome: ..............................$575.00 Hole Spon sor (+ 4 golf ers): ....$750.00 Please con tact FPCBP of fice (416) 537-8874 Or Joe Pinto (416) 259-8222 Paul de Melo ? ? David Costa Gets Married Congratulations go to Mr. & Mrs. Denise and Da vid Costa. On April 8th the two were wed and their cel e bra tion was joined by many mem bers in a very fes tive party. It was a fun-filled eve ning of en ter tain ment that was topped by our very own David Costa, a prominent lawyer, a pre vi ous schol ar ship re cip i ent and past president, who was so over joyed that he sang on stage … and to the sur prise of many… he was pretty good. Rock on and Best Wishes! ? Foi com grande satisfação e orgulho que participei na abertura de mais uma época de um vasto leque de actividades proporcionadas pelos Clubes e Associações Portuguesas da província do Ontário. Neste Calendário a nossa comunidade será reconhecida pelo seu valor desportivo e contributo cul tural. Jovens e outros de espírito não menos jovem participarão, vivamente, em vários encontros, alcançando o seu expoente máximo no dia de Por tu gal e de Camões. Graças ao grande empenho dos membros da ACAPO e do seu presidente, Joe Eustáquio, e todos os colaboradores é possível inaugurar esta agenda que exige um esforço conjunto sincronizado e determinado. Em nome da Federação de Comerciantes e Profissionais Portugueses desejo a todos os participantes muito sucesso na divulgação dos nossos valores. Um Grande Parabéns! Queria, também, agradecer a todas as organizações culturais da nossa comunidade e seus adeptos pelo seu contributo que tanto tem prestigiado a nossa língua, cultura e identidade. É com orgulho e um carinho muito es pe cial que a todos dirijo, em nome dos descendentes Luso-Canadianos, o nosso muito OBRIGADO! A. Charles Sousa FPCBP’s Future The FPCBP is proud to an nounce its inten tions to in crease its stu dent and youth memberships. Fathers and mothers, tell your chil dren. Un cles and aunts, tell your nieces and nephews. The Federation is call ing on its past schol ar ship win ners and future professionals to contact the of fice for fur ther in for ma tion. Here are some ways mem ber ship in the Fed er a tion can help you in your ca reers: • Network with established businesses and pro fes sion als in your com mu nity • Benefit from the experience of es tab lished mem bers 8 Semana de Portugal, organizada pela ACAPO • Promote • Make your fam ily proud • Share your ideas and make your voice • heard • Es tab lish a pro file in your com mu nity If you are in ter ested or know of any one who has been a past re cip i ent of the scholar ship pro gram, please con tact FPCBP at (416) 537-8874. Make your in ter ests known to the Fed era tion so that we can better serve our Por tuguese Canadian community. A special student membership fee is being es tablished! • • • • • the well being of the Por tu guese busi ness com mu nity Form lasting re lationships with other fellow Portuguese business & pro fes sional peo ple Have an impact on the future of this coun try’s econ omy Become more involved in your community Meet new peo ple Attend fascinating and informative busi ness fo rums Deepen the roots within your cul ture Laura Lima, Di rec tor FPCBP Newsletter - May 2000 ? Year 2000. Ano da Educação (Onde já chegamos!) Na úl ti ma edi ção de FPCBP News letter (Núme ro 17) per fi lá mos esta iní ci ati va, que por ser de gran de im por tân cia para toda a Co mu ni da de ten ci o na mos ir re la tan do no nos so bo le tim o pro gres so al can ça do a cada pas so. A ses são de es tra te gi a ção de ac ti vi dades re a li zou-se no Sá ba do 5 de Fe ve re iro na Câmara Municipal de Toronto, das 9:30 a.m. às 16:30 p.m. Sob a ori enta ção de Nancy Du bo is, da Uni ver si dade de To ron to, e com a par ti ci pa ção de todo o grupo quase a tempo inteiro, cum priu-se o pro gra ma es ta be le ci do de de fi nir os ob jec ti vos e as res pec ti vas estra té gi as a se guir. A ses são foi rica na ex po si ção das ex pe riên ci as mais va ri adas, e pro lí fi ca em opi niões e su ges tões. Fir mou-se en tão o alvo da cam pa nha, os me i os pu bli ci tá ri os a mo bi li zar em função de re cur sos hu ma nos e mo ne tá ri os, e as ini ci a ti vas a em pre en der para an gari ar fun dos e pas sar à fase de im ple mentação. Os participantes, re partidos em três gru pos, de di cam-se a fun do às ta refas que lhes fo ram atri bu í das. E as sim sob a liderança de João Li nhares o website (sitio na rede) já em fase de pro tó ti po em prin cí pi os de Março está a ser testado, e espera-se para mu i to em bre ve ter o nome cer to a atribu ir ao do ma in (do mí nio). A Pa u la Neves providenciou um numero elevado de links (elos) e a Pal mi ra Alme i da e a Pro fes so ra Ma nu e la Ma ru jo fa zem rá pidos pro gres sos com a pu bli ci da de! É de sa li en tar o ca lo ro so aco lhi men to da Comunicação Social Co mu ni tá ria e a ge ne ro si da de na ofer ta de apo io e re cur sos à medida que o programa pu blicitário ve nha a ser ex pli ci ta do. Concluídos os slo gans e ve ri fi ca da a efi cá cia dos mes mos em con for mi da de com os ob jec ti vos está en tão tudo a postos para o lan ça men to pú bli co da ini ci ati va Year 2000 Ano da Edu ca ção! O elevado grau de entusiasmo demons tra do tan to nas re u niões como nos inú me ros e-mails (no ta-se) que ao transi ta rem no ci be res pa ço re a fir mam o espí ri to de equipa nes te gru po tão di ver so e a convicção na missão de devoção pela nos sa Co mu ni da de. Eng. Carlos Laborde-Basto FPCBP Newsletter - May 2000 ? 2000 Luso Golf Tournament FPCBP is pleased announce it’s par tic ipa tion with the Luso Golf As so ci a tion. In ad di tion to pro mot ing their fond ness for the sport they endeavour to pro mote ed u ca tion and cite this as the im por tant facet of their mis sion. Not only do they seek to pro mote golf, but ultimately their objective, as a char ity tour na ment, is to raise funds for deserv ing stu dents of Por tu guese back ground. And to achieve this Luso Golf has cho sen to do nate all pro ceeds raised (es ti mated at approx i mately $10,000) to FPCBP’s Schol arship Trust Fund. As a ma jor spon sor, Luso Golf will be hand ing over their bur sary to ? selected student at FPCBP’s Annual Awards Gala in No vem ber. We com mend the mem bers of Luso Golf for their achievements and ap pre ci ate their on go ing sup port. We en cour age FPCBP mem bers to join-in in what prom ises to be a fun-filled tour nament. De tails of Lusogolf’s 2000 Torneio “Sata Ex press Cup” are as fol lows: No Sabado, dia 20 de Maio 2000, no Glen Eagle Golf Club, Hyw 50, Bolton. Com o patrocinio da Sata Express, Verdegolf Country Club, Estalagem Senhora Da Rosa e Rent-A-Car Ilha Verde, o vencendor ganhara um premio que inclui uma viagem a Sao Miguel, estadia no ho tel, uso de um carro de aluguer durante uma semana e paticipara no “XV Sata Azores Open”. Montepio Geral oferece tambem premios incluindo uma televisao e Clas sic Honda inclui um carro no hole-in-one. Um jantar dancante e entrega de premios, tera lugar no memso dia no Portuguese Com munity Centre, 25 Fisherman Drive, Brampton. For more in for ma tion con tact Joe Borges (905) 624-2600 or www.lusogolf.com VAMOS ÀS TACADAS... José Pinto, Di rec tor Potential of disabled pays economic dividends Ef forts to im prove upon so ci ety’s gen erally poor track record of recognizing the employment con tribution of Canadians with dis abil i ties are eco nom i cally pru dent, ac cord ing to an econ o mist study pre sented at the Wellsizing the Workplace Con ference and Trade Show in Toronto at the Metro Con ven tion Cen tre. The con fer ence was the first of its kind in Can ada, bring ing ma jor cor po ra tions to gether to dis cuss and recognize the po ten tial con tri bu tion Ca nadians with disabilities can and do make in the work place. “There are a number of compelling rea sons, including economic incentives, for improving society’s track record in em ploy ing per sons with dis abil i ties,” says Anto nio Azeitona, Pro ject Di rec tor In clu sion Program. “People with mental disabilities (men tal re tar da tion) make up 1 - 2% of Portuguese community. In real numbers it is about 2,000 individuals. After highschool these young adults want to work but are unable to find a job, which forces them into social assistance. The projects ”Trabalho and Incluir" tries to create a meaningful work network and provide placement op por tu ni ties for Por tu guese Ca na di ans. The pro jects re quire not only the help of ev eryone, but in particular the active in volvement by the busi ness com mu nity. FPCBP, ACAPO and other grass root groups have been an in te gral part of these pro jects. Now it is important that we start opening the doors for these young peo ple". Reasons for cautious op timism: despite be ing well be hind on sev eral key mea sures of la bour mar ket suc cess, the dis abled commu nity is ac cru ing some ben e fits from the strength of the North American economy and tight la bour mar kets. The fed eral budget for 2000 pro vides ad di tional tax in centives to help men tally and phys i cally challenged people and provide programs to as sist them work ing from home. For more information on how you can pre pare your com pany to ben e fit from and assist in the employment of this capable workforce, please contact An tonio Azeitona at (416) 595-9230 ext 232 or [email protected]. A. Charles Sousa 9 ? EUCOCIT - European Union Chamber of Commerce FPCBP together with EUCOCIT and in partnership with the chambers of commerce and equiv a lent or ga ni za tions in Toronto of the mem ber states of the Eu ro pean Union, in vites you to THE FOURTH ANNUAL CHAIRMAN’S DINNER. This year’s Chairman is our own Mr. Armindo Silva, FPCBP Past Pres i dent. The special guest speaker will be H.E. MR. JOSE MANUEL DUARTE DE JESUS, Am bas sa dor of Por tu gal in Can ada dis cussing THE EUROPEAN UNION AT THE DAWN OF THE 21st CENTURY: Chal lenges and Risks. The eve nt takes place on Tuesday, 16 May, 2000 at the Toronto Hilton ho tel Gov er nor Gen eral’s Suite (2nd ? Investment Planning A importância de um seguro na família O sque se segue é um simples relembrar, de como se pode investir de vez enquando, dois minutos da nossa vida para ponderarmos sobre a criação e/ou perservação dos haveres que tanto nos têm custado ou vão custando a ganhar... Pode ser que algo do que se segue algum senso nos faça. Lembramos que: Na vida ao “Falharmos em planear, planeamos já em falhar”... Planear, é começar custe o que custar, por pôr algum dinheiro a trabalhar para nós, em vez de sermos nós a trabalhar só para o dinheiro . “Façamos do nosso dinheiro o nosso moço”. Como é uso dizer-se na gíria madeirense. Como determinar se sim ou não tem protecção suficiente. A regra recomendada pelas companhias seguradoras é, deixar em fundos um montante de seis vezes o salário anual se os filhos estão criados, ou de oito vezes se forem pequenos. Multiplicamos: O salário/rendimento anual por 6 ou 8 vezes (depende da idade dos filhos). Somamos: Com o total de todos os débitos, (mortgage, carro e outros empréstimos). Subtraímos: O total dos seguros de vida pessoais e grupo. 10 Floor), 145 Richmond Street West, To ronto. FPCBP, a mem ber of the Eu ro pean Un ion Chamber, is pleased to participate in the Chairman’s Dinner. Last year we nom inated Armindo Silva to the chair of EUCOCIT to co in cide with Por tu gal’s lead in Eu rope. Our com bined in volve ment is intended to en hance history, immigration, language, commercial relations and long standing cultural exchanges to cement trans at lan tic ties of cul ture and so ci ety. To allow these relationships to grow, we be come part of new bridges that are being built between Canada and the European Un ion. EUCOCIT has been es tab lished to O resultado: Será exato, ou a mais, ou a menos. Onde, duma maneira geral é na última que há carência. Artur Sousa RCAs can help in your suc ces sion! For business owners thinking of suc cession consider a plan that rolls over your company’s equity through RCAs. RCAs, or Retirement Compensation Ar rangements, is in essence a combination of a whole life policy program that is self-funded from the company’s equity holdings that have been transferred to a trust an nu ity, which in turn sup ports the life pol icy. This “le ver aged” ar range ment safeguards your shareholder investment while protecting the company during ownership trans fer and it also neu tral izes tax im me diately by cre at ing a de duct ible net ex pense. There are im me di ate cash sav ings and the ongoing maintenance combined with re duc tion of taxes has neu tral ef fect on cash there af ter. RCA can best be de scribed as a de ferred profit shar ing plan that al lows you to re cover earn ings in fu ture at a re duced marginal tax rate. For more information about RCAs, in vest ment & es tate plan ning con tact your trust & in sur ance rep re sen tative or FPCBP of fices. A. Charles Sousa en hance this di a logue with a mu tual aim to further strengthen ties between EU and Can ada and to fos ter ed u ca tion and cul tural links, broaden science and tech nol ogy cooperation, establish business-to–business contacts and promote people-to-people links. Please join us and contact the FPCBP of fices to re serve your ta ble. A. Charles Sousa. ? Subsídios para salários Através deste programa, divulgado pelo ABRIGO, empresários e profissionais poderão recrutar e integrar candidatos subsidiados pelo Governo. Estes candidatos devem estar, presentemente, a receber o subsídio de desemprego, ou durante os últimos 3 anos terem qualificado para o mesmo ou estado ausentes, temporariamente, por motivo de doença ou licença de parto. Para mais informações não hesite em contactar: Maria Do Céu Oliveira, Abrigo Centre, 900 Dufferin Street, Suite # 104 (416) 534-3434 Palmira Almeida ? Business and Professional Nominations The an nual Awards Din ner will soon be here (No vem ber 11th) and we seek your nom i na tions so that we may rec ognize those individuals who you feel have achieved marked suc cess. These are individuals who impress you with devotion to their vocation and special care to their community. If you or someone you know is outstanding in their industry or profession, please let us know. We are in vit ing nom i na tions for the Entrepreneur and the Pro fessional of the Year. The awards will be presented at FPCBP’s Annual Din ner. We ask that all nom i na tions be mailed or faxed to our of fices to gether with the can di date’s pro file. FPCBP Newsletter - May 2000 ? Economia Acelera As economias da Amer ica do Norte estao a atrevessar um periodo de aceleracao nitida. Nos, no departamento de economia do Scotiabank, recentemente aumentamos as nossas previsoes de crescimento economico, tanto para o Can ada, como para os Estados Unidos. A nossas previsoes sao, que a economia dos Estados Unidos deve registar um aumento de 4.8% este ano, e no Canada havera uma aceleracao de 4.4%. Tudo indica que estas previsoes possam ainda ser baixas de mais. No entanto, esta aceleracao aponta claramente que as taxas de juro vao continuar a subir, liderada por aumentos nos Estados Unidos. A Reserva Federal (fed) dos Estados Unidos recentemente aumentou as taxas de juro de curto prazo para 6% — o quinto aumento desde o Junho 1999. Estas subidas destinam-se a abrandar o forte crescimento economico e a aliviar as possiveis tensoes inflacionistas. Nos esperamos que a fed aumente as taxas de juro pelo menos mais tres vezes este ano, o qual sera seguido pelo banco cen tral do Can ada. A economia dos Estados Unidos expandiu a um ritmo an nual de 7.3% no ultimo trimestre de 1999, a maior evolucao dos ultimos 16 anos. A economia Americana conseguiu assim um aumento de 4.2% durante todo a ano de 1999. Os indicadores sugerem uma continuacao de um elevado nivel de dinamismo. Em partic u lar, o consumo privado cresceu cerca de 5.4% no ano passado — o ritmo mas alto desde 1984. Tudo indica que houve uma aceleracao ainda maior no primeiro trimestre, com a compra de veiculos a establecer um novo record. A procura interna mantem-se bastante robusta, apoiada por aumentos salariais a rondar os 4%, e ate recentemente, a forte subida nas bolsas de valores. No Canada, em Janeiro a economia expandiu 4.7% face ao periodo homologo. O Canada esta a criar postos de emprego mais rapidamente que os Estados Unidos. Durante 2000-01, o Canada deve ter o crescimento economico mais alto en tre os paises do G7. As exportacoes vao beneficiar de um crescimento economico mundial mais rapido e sincronizado. A balanca commercial com os Estados FPCBP Newsletter - May 2000 Unidos deve rondar $60 billioes annualmente em 2000-01, e as vendas alem mar beneficiarao da aceleracao na actividade internacional. O melhoramento das financas federal e provinciais dao a oportunidade aos governos para apoiarem o crescimento economico. Gastar fundos em programas sociais e em melhoramentos das infra-estruturas estao entre as prioridades. Reducoes de taxas para individuos e empresas foram recentemente introduzidas no orcamento fed eral e vao continuar nos proximos anos. As economias do Ontario e da Alberta darao o maior impulso, crescendo a um ritmo de 5 e 5.7% respectivamente. No Ontario, o crescimento contiuara a ser chefiado pela industria “high-tech”. Companhias com sede no Ontario sao lideres em “fi bre op tics” e sistemas “wireless” com investimentos significativos planeados para este ano. A industria electronica no Ontario tem crescido a um ritmo de 9% annualmente durante os ultimos 5 anos. A in du stria automovel — a maior do On tario — tambem esta em boa posicao apos investimentos significativos na ul tima decada. A capacidade de produzir veiculos aumentou 8% no ultimo ano e subiu 28% desde 1996. No Ontario estas fabricas tem um custo de mao de obra, in ferior aos Estados Unidos e uma vantagem de 4% em produtividade. Carlos Gomes, Economista, Scotiabank ? ? www.fpcbp.com The “ FPCBP dot com” is com ing to your monitor any day now! The new website, with the gen er ous and en thu siastic support of Joe Borges of Waterdale Inc., is ap proach ing the proto type stage, and we ex pect hav ing it up and run ning some time in May (2000). It will be “cool”, catchy, in for ma tive and an important resource for all Por tuguese-Canadian business and pro fession als. There will be a di rec tory, which will be ex panded and made more com prehensive with ac tive par tic i pa tion of our mem ber ship. Cur rent news on any thing and ev erything rel e vant to our mem ber ship, also with the participation of our students and young sters we hope, will have its presence in WWW.FPCBP.COM ; we invite our students, young men and women to communicate with the website committee (see below) to dis cuss pub lish ing news and is sues on ed ucation and training, employment, cul tural activities, outstanding achievements by young Por tuguese-Canadians in academics, cultural, busi ness or sports endeavours. Our e-mail address has changed: [email protected] Please up date your address books. The FPCBP website com mit tee members are Carlos Laborde-Basto (tel. 905 403 4407), Laura Lima (tel.416 722 5663). A Federação acaba de perder um membro de grande prestígio É com imenso pesar que encaramos a recente perda do Sr. Gilberto Alves propulsor da North At lan tic Fish eries que, desde 1986, absorveu uma cadeia de fornecedores, inaugurando uma fábrica em Nova Scotia, tornando-se uma empresa relevante, que abrangeu a distribuição, tratamento, embalagem, conserva e produção de derivados. Grande parte do bacalhau, tão apreciado pelos portugueses, é processado pela North At lan tic Fish eries e exportado para todo o Mundo. Aos familiares e ami gos, enviamos as nossas sinceras condolências, lamentando, o vazio deixado pelo Sr. Gilberto Alves. A. Charles Sousa, Pres i dent 11 ? Outcome of FPCBP’s Annual General Meeting FPCBP’s pres ents its new 2000 Board of Directors On Feb ru ary 24, 2000 the Fed er a tion of Por tu guese Busi ness and Pro fes sionals held its An nual Gen eral Meet ing and ap pointed its new Board of Di rec tors, with a man date to build on FPCBP’s strong foun da tion. These vol un teers are proud to serve the best in ter ests of its mem bers and work with them to pro mote a non-profit or gani sa tion in unit ing busi ness and pro fes sional peo ple of Por tu guese or i gin. Its mis sion is to pro mote busi ness ac tiv ity, fos ter pro fes sion al ism, de velop net work ing op por tu ni ties, en hance po lit i cal vis i bil ity, en cour age ac a demic ex cel lence and, as the rep re sen ta tive voice, ad vo cate the prom i nence of its mem bers within and out- Board of Di rec tors A. Charles Sousa President Paul de Melo Vice-President Manny Gaspar Treasurer Luis Sal va dor Secretary Dan iel Fernandes Rui Gomes Carlos Laborde-Basto Trustee Laura Lima Eugénio Medeiros José Pimentel Joe Pinto Artur Sousa Palmira Almeida Administrator Trustees Manny Coelho side the Por tu guese Ca na dian Busi ness and Pro fes sional com mu nity. FPCBP is gov erned by a board of 12 di rec tors and 3 trust ees. They are ac countable to all mem bers in main tain ing and pro mot ing, through var i ous sub com mit tees, FPCBP’s im age and to pro vide or gan ised events through out the year. This in cludes, among other things, monthly busi ness fo rums, an an nual golf tour na ment and es pecially the An nual Awards Gala where rec og ni tion is given to out stand ing achievement in the busi ness com mu nity and in ac a demic ex cel lence. FPCBP is proud to fos ter the old est and larg est schol ar ship pro gram in the Por tu guese com mu nity. Louis Louro, Jr. Past Pres i dents: Armindo Silva João Santos Fernando Costa João Neves Frank Alvarez Nellie Pedro Arnaldo Santos Raimundo Favas Almiro Fonseca Luís Arruda Ricardo de Cas tro Lopo Da vid Costa Louis Louro, Jr. Our mem ber ship di rec tory is nearly com plete. Many of you have up dated your ad dress and phone num bers; but, we en cour age those who have not been con tacted to com plete the reg is tra tion form be low and re turn it to the FPCBP of fice im me di ately. We also wel come those who wish to be come new mem bers to act quickly so that ev ery one will be in cluded in the di rec tory this year. Please con tact the office ad min is tra tor who would be happy to take down your in for ma tion. 12 FPCBP Newsletter - May 2000