HAMILTON DISTRICT AUTOBODY REPAIR ASSOCIATION PRESENTS

Collision Repair at the Crossroads

"A Hummer of an evening"
An exciting dinner event with current and future insurance and industry importance

Thursday October 7, 2004
Chandelier Place (Barton and Fruitland Road, QEW Exit, Stoney Creek)

Join Mike Colle, MPP, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance and Ontario's lead on auto insurance & towing and storage issues and the challenges government is working with. How will these changes impact shops?

Our insurance industry panel guests include:

Mark Yakabuski, Vice-President Ontario, Insurance Bureau of Canada
Ted Doyle, Vice-President, Property Claims, ING Insurance Company of Canada
Wendy Hillier, Vice-President of Claims, Aviva Canada

Maryanna Lewyckyj, Assistant Money Editor and Consumer Affairs Writer, Toronto Sun will identify the problems that anger consumers.
Alex Szabo, President of CISCO ( Collision Industry Standards Council of Ontario) will bring the latest updates on Ontario's Collision Repair Standards Act.

An industry celebration to praise those generous supporters of school and college training

From spraybooths to paint, from cars to engineering, this evening gives us all a unique and needed chance to publicly and enthusiastically praise those companies and individuals for their help in enhancing, and sometimes saving, autobody programs in local schools and colleges.

Join Gail Smyth, Executive Director of Skills Canada/Ontario as community colleges and school boards join together in a unique celebration honouring the winners of the Skills Canada National Autobody competition, Skills Canada sponsoring companies, and coatings firms for their paint donations. A special award to Toyota Canada for a spraybooth donation to keep the autobody program vibrant in Halton region. Join Niagara, Mohawk and other Colleges as they thank suppliers and individuals who made better autobody apprenticeship training possible Help us honour shop owners who have donated vehicles and resources to help young people in our industry and in our schools.

P.S. Come early to this 6:30 p.m. event and talk to the local secondary school students that are now the pit crew for Team Trinity Hummer Racing, the 400 hp., three-time winners of the Baja 1000 desert run, the world's toughest off-road race. See the Hummers, equipment and trailer.

Tickets $40.00 (incl. GST) for HARA members. Non-members $50.00 (incl. GST)

Call 1-866-309-4272 or e-mail info@ciia.com more information or to order by charge card