1. PEO Government Liaison Efforts Elevate Profession’s Profile Howard Brown President, Brown & Cohen Communications & Public Affairs

2. 2 Building a Success

3. Government Liaison Program Key Message One PEO has a legislative mandate under the Professional Engineers Act to regulate the practice of professional engineering in the public interest 3

4. 4 Key Message Two  The self-regulating engineering profession in Ontario – comprising over 75,000 professionals – has been successfully serving and protecting the public for 90 years Government Liaison Program

5. 5 Key Message Three  PEO has unique knowledge and expertise and it is in the best interest of government to consult with it before considering any new policy directions that may have the potential to impact the regulation of the practice of professional engineering. Government Liaison Program

6. Building Code Court Case 6

7. The Decision 7 $75,000

8. Persons Involved John Gerretson Minister of Municipal Affairs 2003-2005 8 Michael Bryant Attorney General 2003-2007

9. 2007 to 2011 Regulated Professions Act Green Energy and Green Economy Act Water Opportunities and Conservation Act Open for Business Act 9

10. In 2010… Act 10

11. Repeal of the Industrial Exception 11 In 2010…

12. 2011 and Beyond Our Successes… 12

13. Annual Queen’s Park Day

14. GLP Awards – Chapters & MPPs 14

15. GLP Academy & Congress 15

16. PEO NORTHERN REGION GLP ACADEMY AND CONGRESS Timmins – June 6 16

17. PEO WESTERN REGION GLP ACADEMY AND CONGRESS Collingwood – June 13 17

18. Take Your MPP To Work Day Kevin Flynn MPP (Oakville)Cindy Forster MPP (Welland) Minister of LabourNDP Labour Critic Bob Bailey MPP (Sarnia-Lambton) PC Natural Resources Critic 18

19. Mike Colle MPP (Eglinton-Lawrence) Teresa Armstrong MPP (London-Fanshawe) Parliamentary Assistant to the NDP Critic for Citizenship, Immigration Minister Of Labour and International Trade and Senior’s Affair Arthur Potts MPP (Beaches-East York) Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, Food and rural Affairs 19 Take Your MPP To Work Day

20. Indira Naidoo-Harris MPP (Halton), Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care (fourth from left), was the special guest at PEO Oakville Chapter’s Take Your MPP To Work Day at Siemens Canada on May 22. Joining her in the photo are (left to right) PEO Oakville Chapter GLP Co-Chair Nathan Cao, P.Eng., Chapter Chair Sohail Naseer, P.Eng., Chapter Vice Chair Len D’Elia, P.Eng.,Siemens’ Vice-Presidents Lucia Casacia and Ann Adair, PEO Regional Councillor Warren Turnbull, P.Eng., and Chapter GLP Chair Jeffrey Lee, P.Eng. 20 Take Your MPP To Work Day

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