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info suisse Publication of the Swiss Canadian Chambers of Commerce Ontario and Quebec Publication des Chambres de Commerce Canado-Suisse de l’Ontario et du Québec Fall / Automne 2015 Feature / Reportage: Agrofood / Agroalimentaire PP : 42921030 www.swissbiz.ca www.cccsqc.ca X info suisse E Publication of the Swiss Canadian Chambers of Commerce Ontario and Quebec D Publication des Chambres de Commerce Canado-Suisse de l’Ontario et du Québec N I FEATURE / REPORTAGE AGROFOOD / AGROALIMENTAIRE 4 Commodity Markets - UBS 6 Behaviour Change: Keeping it Simple = Sexy 8 Sophie Lavaud - Everest, Summit of Desire 9 La production de lait, une histoire familiale 10 Shopping Hours in Canada and in Switzerland 12 Un séjour hors du temps 13 S.O.S. Fondue a de la Suisse dans les idées 16 Switzerland in Figures 19 Employers: Are Your Contractors Independent or Dependent? 20 Did you know? / CONTENTS B USINESS AND OTHER NEWS ACTUALITÉS ÉCONOMIQUES ET D’AFFAIRES 24 Business News 26 Trade Fairs CHAMBER NEWS INFORMATIONS DE VOTRE CHAMBRE 2 President’s Message SCCC/Upcoming Events 3 Message du Président CCCS / Événements à venir 5 Quote of the Month 7 Nouveaux Membres CCCS 9 Scholarship Fund 16 SCCC New Members 21 Member Profile 21 Membership Perks & Benefits 22 Cocktail d’été de la Chambre, une nouvelle tradition est née 23 2015 Golf Tournament / Right To Play SCCC Annual General Meeting 27 Travel News “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” ~Hippocrates~ Swiss Canadian Chamber of Commerce (Ontario) Inc. 756 Royal York Road • Toronto, Ontario M8Y 2T6 Tel: 416-236-0039 • Fax: 416-236-3634 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.swissbiz.ca BOARD OF DIRECTORS • 2015 – 2016 Dear Members and friends of the SCCC, President / Director: Julien Favre UBS Bank (Canada) 154 University Avenue, Toronto ON M5H 3Z4 I hope you all enjoyed a beautiful summer during which Toronto Tel: 416-345-7033 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ubs.com/1/e/canada offered several sport events. We first started with a very enjoyable Vice-President/Director: golf tournament. To stay loyal to our tradition, Swiss specialties Sandra Leuba RBC Wealth Management were offered throughout the course such as Raclette, Buendnerfleisch CINEBOXX Film & Television Inc. 136 Curzon Street, Toronto ON M4M 3B5 (thin slices of air-dried beef), Swiss chocolate, Swiss coffee, Caotina Tel: 416-616-4251 Email: [email protected] chocolate powder (a newly imported Swiss product to Canada) Treasurer/ Director: Lisa Willenegger and of course, the call of the players by beautiful Alphorn instruments Zurich Canada 400 University Ave; Toronto, ON M5G 1S7 played by Rene Waelti and Eva Hajda. We thank all our sponsors, Tel: 416-586-2887 Email: [email protected] supporters and participants who allowed for an enjoyable day. Secretary & Legal Counsel: Bernard Lette This event also resulted in a donation to “Right to Play”, a Lette LLP 20 Queen Street West, #3300, P.O. Box 33, Toronto ON M5H 3R3 Canadian charity with global reach that uses play to educate and empower Tel: 416-971-4898 Email: [email protected] Website: www.lette.ca children and youth to overcome the effects of poverty, conflict and disease in Past President / Director: disadvantaged communities. Later in the summer, Toronto held the PanAm and Parapan Ernst Notz Nacora games. In August, the traditional Rogers Cup took place with the women playing in Toronto 2 Hunter Avenue, Toronto ON M6E 2C8 Tel: 416-784-2872 and the men in Montreal. Our Swiss fellow compatriot Belinda Bencic marked the event by Email: [email protected] Directors: winning the tournament in Toronto. Tim Allen Cervinia Corp 25 Haddington Avenue; Toronto, ON M5M 2N6 Tel: 416-509-5219 Recently, our Chamber has increased its collaboration with the SBH (Swiss Business Hub) and Email: [email protected] SGE (Switzerland Global Enterprise). We have entered into a number of agreements to work Brett Berman IMD Alumni Club of Canada together on joint events and other potential advisory and consulting mandates. 107 Cottingham Street, Toronto, ON M4V 1B9 Tel: 416-464-9422 Email: [email protected] Rudi Blatter Our upcoming events in October include IMD alumni event with renowned speakers sharing Lindt & Spruengli (Canada) Inc. 181 University Avenue, Suite 900, Toronto ON M5H 3M7 their intellectual capital, an evening with Sophie Lavaud and her achievements of climbing Tel: 416-351-8566 Email: [email protected] Website: www.lindt.com some of the highest mountains in the world. In November, we will have our traditional Beat Guldimann Tribeca Consulting dinner dance with “La Suisse Romande” as theme. 12 Carrying Place Trail; Kettleby, ON L0G 1J0 Tel: 905-939-8300 Email: [email protected] The topic of this edition of suisse info is agro business. Food is obviously of vital importance Philipp Gysling Mesh Innovations Inc. and the survival of humanity depends on it. The growing world population and reduction in 174 Hallam Street, Toronto ON M6H 1X5 Tel: 416-871-8159 farming land puts strains on the production and requires new techniques and technologies Email: [email protected] Website: www.meshinnovations.com to increase the efficiency of production. These developments together put inflationary Heidy Lawrance WeMakeBooks.ca pressure on the cost of certain raw commodities, thus creating higher prices charged to the 238 Willowdale Ave., North York ON M2N 4Z5 Tel: 416-733-1827 consumer. On the other hand, certain commodities have benefited from increased production Email: [email protected] Website: WeMakeBooks.ca activities leading to a rise of supply putting downwards pressure on the prices. In addition, the Marianne Mian-Krenger Re/Max Legacy Realty Inc. Brokerage increasing volatile climate creates unexpected outcomes, such as the high cost of almonds due 368 Lees Lane, Oakville, ON L6L 4S5 Tel: W: 905-272-5000 Tel: H: 416-820-2003 to the drought in California, and further increases the volatility which is impactful to profit Email: [email protected] margins of businesses and consumer prices. Christian Metzger Aviva 2206 Eglinton Ave. East; Scarborough, ON M1L 4S8 Tel: 416-288-5395 We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events that combine, achievements, Email: [email protected] Ronnie Miller networking, business and entertainment. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd 2455 Meadowpine Boulevard, Mississauga ON L5N 6L7 Tel: 905-542-5522 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rochecanada.com Yours truly, Christoph Oehy Swiss Reinsurance Company 150 King Street West, Toronto, ON M5H 1J9 Tel: 647-775-2443 Julien Favre, President SCCC (Ontario) Inc. Email: [email protected] Website: www.swissre.com Daniel Oehy Swissmar 35 East Beaver Creek Rd, Unit 6, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1B3 2015 COMING EVENTS Tel: 905-764-1121 Email: [email protected] Website: www.swissmar.com Alexandra Soriano Vertical International October 8th Special event at Innis Town Hall with Alpinist Sophie Lavaud 324 Roselawn Avenue; Toronto ON M4R 1G1 Tel: 647-985-7898; Cell: 647-985-7898 October 29th Mastering the ‘how’ of Digital Business Transformation Email: [email protected] Honorary Director: Featuring IMD Professor Michael Wade Kathy Utigard Honorary Consul of Toronto Swiss Reinsurance Company Canada’s presentation facility 193 Riverview Street, Oakville, ON L6L 5S3 Tel: 905-845-1259 150 King St. West, 10th floor, Toronto E-mail: [email protected] Executive Assistant: Patricia Keller Schläpfer – SCCC November 14th Gala Dinner Dance at the King Edward Hotel 756 Royal York Road, Toronto ON M8Y 2T6 Tel: 416-236-0039 Fax: 416-551-1011 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.swissbiz.ca Typesetting and Assembly: More information on www.swissbiz.ca/upcoming_events Yasmin Stanton, YAHZZ Multimedia Sign up for our newsletter at www.swissbiz.ca/subscribe.php 2 I NFO S U iss E La Chambre de commerce canado-suisse (Québec) Inc. Swiss Canadian Chamber of Commerce (Quebec) Inc. 3450, rue Drummond Suite 152, Montréal, QC H3G 1Y2 • Tél: 514-937-5822 • Fax: 514-954-5619 • E-mail: [email protected] • Web site: www.cccsqc.ca CONSEIL D’ADMINISTRATION / BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chères, chers membres, 2014 – 2015 Président / President Un été qui s’achève déjà ! un été qui aura été marqué par plusieurs M. Christian G. Dubois Président activités de la Chambre dont le tournoi de golf annuel tenu le 1er Onix international Tel: (514) 624 5740 juin au célèbre Clud de golf Whitlock à Hudson, la réception de la courriel:[email protected] fête nationale tenue dans le nouvel l’hôtel Alt dans Griffintown le Secrétaire / Secretary 5 août dernier ainsi que le cocktail d’ouverture de la saison qui se Me Marie Habre Avocate / Lawyer tiendra le 30 septembre. Le conseil a également décidé d’élargir sa Lette & Associés participation avec d’autres organismes semblables, soit par exemple Tel: 514.871.3838, # 222 E-mail: [email protected] la Chambre de commerce allemande et d’offrir à nos membres la Vice-présidents / Vice-Presidents possibilité de participer à leur activités tout en les invitant à en faire de même lors de nos Mr. Bruno Setz activités. Ceci nous permettra de faire des contacts avec d’autres partenaires européens et Consultant Tel: 514.767.5123 canadiens. Une participation étroite aussi avec le Swiss Business Hub situé à Montréal, qui E-mail : [email protected] a d’ailleurs signé une entente de service avec la Chambre de Toronto pour les représenter Mr. Olivier Rodriguez Gestionnaire de portefeuille sur le territoire ontarien. Mirabaud Canada Inc. Tel: 514.393.1690 Dans ce numéro qui traite de l’agro-alimentaire, il faut noter que la Suisse est un partenaire E-mail : [email protected] Trésorier / Treasurer important dans les échanges commerciaux avec le Québec puisque seulement dans les Mr. Othmar Widmer produits énumérés ci-dessous, plus de $101 millions ont été importés en 2013 et je ne vous Consultation Widmer apprendrez rien en vous disant que Nestlé en est probablement le grand gagnant.