NATIONAL ETHNIC PRESS AND MEDIA COUNCIL OF CANADA
Conseil
national de la presse et des medias ethniques du Canada
“Canada’s Other Voices”
Office
of the President
January
30, 2011
P R E S S
R E L E A S E
A Call for General
Elections Monday
March the 14th, 2011
Dear
friends and colleagues, Sisters and Brothers in the Ethnic Press and
Media:
As
the first month of the New Year is coming to the end I want to inform you
of some developments taking place around us.
First
of all I want to express our appreciation to Hon. Keith Ashfield, Minister
of National Revenue and also the Hon. Sophia Aggelonitis, Minister of
Revenue Ontario, for their understanding and support of the industry and
particular of the sector. To this extend please allow me to bring to your
attention that now I have received a letter from the Minister of national
Revenue confirming that we
exempted of HST at the “Point of Sales”, which means that we don’t
pay HST to printers when we receive our papers. Also, Minister Ashield,
confirms that the portion of 8% rebate is available at any point in the
distribution chain of a qualifying newspaper.
In
order to help every member facing this problem, Asha takes action and she
is preparing a copy of the two letters, signed by the Ministers, for our
members.
The
letters are going to be available together with our agenda of the upcoming
monthly meeting of February the 14th, 2011, at committee room
N# 2, Main Legislative Building, Queen’s park, Toronto Ontario.
Please
make yourself available that day in order to receive your copy and avoid
further problems of this nature in the future.
Taking
this opportunity I want to remind you that according the articles and
provisions of our constitution I am calling for our by-annual General
Meeting of the membership and also the declared general elections for the
renewal of the board of directors and the elections of a new executive
committee of the organization. The elections are taking place on Monday
March 14th, 2011, at Committee Room N#2 , main Legislative
Building, Queen’s Park, Toronto Ontario and also every member in good
standing can participate by casting his/her vote via internet to tajdolati@gmail.com
. Dr. Tajdolati is our ombudsman and as our chief arbitrator he is
responsible for the democratic procedure of the elections. At the end of
February we are going to inform you about the candidates and is up to you
to elect whom you believe is better equipped to serve your interests. At
this point I want to remind you to submit your name if you want to serve
the industry and the sector. If you have the time and energy I encourage
you to do so.
Also
I want to bring to your attention that the book of the Hon. Tony Ruprecht,
MPP, “Toronto’s Many Faces”, fifth edition, is printed and is on the
market. It is a great book and a guide of the multicultural Toronto, which
is featuring the profile of more than 60 ethnic communities of Toronto and
their cultural characteristics.
The
official presentation of the book will be lunched on Wednesday February
23, 2011, at Queen’s Park, Main Loby of the building at 6:15 pm. The
Hon. Steve Peters, Speaker of the Legislature and host of the event is
extending an invitation to all our members for the presentation of the
book. I encourage you all to be part of this historic event for the
multicultural Toronto.
If
you are planning to attend please RSVP: truprecht@live.ca
.
Thank
you and see you all on Monday February 14th, 2011 for our
monthly meeting.
Thanking
you again,
In
Solidarity,
Thomas
S. Saras
President
and CEO
