COLLISION REPAIR WORKSHOPS

HIGHLIGHT NEW LOW-VOC PAINTS

This evening event will feature collision repair shop speakers, grants and incentives updates as well as health and safety assistance with simplified environmental compliance help.

All shop owner/operators planning on purchasing, selling or upgrading their shops and/or using new paint products in Ontario are urged to attend.

Collision repair and auto body shops in Ontario are switching to lower-emission paints, while facing an uncertain marketplace and challenging personnel needs.

In order to assist repair facilities to meet compliance requirements, sustain improved environmental operations and profit from grants and incentives offered, including apprentice hiring credits and significant tax reduction rebates on booths and other equipment, the province of Ontario and the collision repair trade associations are presenting a series of eight workshops/seminars with guest speakers across the province.

Evening events will feature:

•  industry overview

•  school presentations

•  local association updates

•  new simplified environmental requirements for using new low-VOC products in Ontario

•  health and safety presentations on use of waterborne paints

•  shop case studies

•  grants and incentives updates

Date and Location:

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 DaVinci Centre, 340 Waterloo St. S., Thunder Bay

Agenda:

5:15 - 6:00 p.m. Registration

6:00 p.m. Dinner

6:30 pm. Industry Welcome John Norris, Executive Director, Hamilton District Autobody Repair Association (HARA)

6:35 p.m. Local Association Updates Randy Sundell, NWOCRP

6:45 p.m. Industry Update Collision repair association representatives

7:00 p.m. Ontario's Simplified Representative, Ministry of Environment

Environmental Permits

7:30 p.m. Waterbase Paints-Health and Gerald Robinson, Ontario Service Safety Alliance Safety (OSSA)

7:45 p.m. Break Visit supplier display tables in attendance

8:05 p.m. Shop Case Study

8:15 p.m. Waterbase paint hand-out information and grants and incentives information

8:30 p.m. Update and feedback forms w/door prizes

Thunder Bay workshop commences at 6:00 pm. A hot dinner will be served.

Cost:$25.00 plus GST. Pre-registration and payment is required.

Please contact 1-866-309-4272 or info@autobodyhelp.ca or info@ciia.com

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UPDATE from Environment Canada

Environment Canada has yet to publish their
new regulations for lower-VOC paint. The
anticipated start date of January 1, 2009 is becoming remote and will likely be delayed. Environment Canada's eargerness to have regualtions for architectural seems to be the reason for the delay.

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Northwestern Ontario Upcoming Workshop Highlighting New
Low-VOC To Be Hosted By NWOCRP 

Northwestern Ontario is the location for an upcoming (soon-to-be-announced), NWOCRP meeting in Thunder Bay featuring an evening dinner and presentations. Included is a tour of the auto body shop, explanation's of Ontario new simplified permitting for waterborne paints, updated health and safety news, special offering of grants and incentives and important local issues.

Please keep watching www.ciia.com/provinces/ontario/nwocrp.html for additional information.

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Still not a member? Contact our 1-866-309-4272 for information on how to become one!  With your support, your Association can make a difference.

According to a recent study by Lee Romanov of the Insurance Hotline, based on recent insurance company filings with Ontario's Financial Services Commission, there is a vast difference in insurance company rates.

It certainly pays to shop around for quotes for your car insurance.

For instance:

Profile 1: Male, single, age 19

Risk Description:
Licensed 3 years, 1 year with class G licence
Owner and principal operator
Commute - 5 km one way, annual mileage under 12,000 km
2001 Honda Civic DX 2 door Coupe (VICC Code 0258)
New business application to company

In Thunder Bay, Allstate Insurance will charge him,$12,192 for a one year policy while Western Assurance is $9,612

At the low end, this Thunder Bay driver can be insured with State Farm insurance for $5382 or with Traders Insurance for $5382 or Nordic insurance for $4937 For more information please see: www.insurancehotline.com

In Toronto the rates show:

for a 19 year old with a clean record, rates between $5750 and $15,551

for a driver with one ticket and one accident, rates from $2,051 to $17,468

for 2 drivers with clean records from $1763 to $6992

for a 70 year old with clean record, from $970 to $2576