AIA Canada’s Quebec Division invests in the next generation at CETEMMM’s Gala Méritas
On June 6, the 37th Gala Méritas of the Comité Éducation Travail en Équipement Motorisé du Montréal Métropolitain (CETEMMM) was held at the West Island Career Center in Pierrefonds. This recognition evening was intended to honour the excellence of the best graduates of the Greater Montréal Automotive Industry Professional Training Centres (CFP). This initiative, which […]
New vice-president appointed to AIA Canada’s Quebec Division Committee
AIA Canada is proud to announce the appointment of Mathieu Côté as vice-president on the Quebec Division Committee. Mathieu Côté is the co-owner of Pièces d’Auto Alain Côté, a Napa member with four stores in L’Ancienne-Lorette, Lévis, Saint-Marc-des-Carrières and Saint-Raymond in the Québec City area. He is also a member of the board of directors […]
Quebec on its way to becoming a leader in auto repair rights with Bill 29
Ottawa, June 1, 2023 — The Automotive Industries Association of Canada (AIA Canada) welcomes the tabling of Bill 29, An Act to protect consumers from planned obsolescence and to promote the durability, repairability and maintenance of goods, by Québec Minister of Justice Simon Jolin-Barrette. This piece of legislation will enshrine the increasingly threatened right of […]
Quebec Division tours VTCs on AIA Canada Day
In 2022, the AIA Canada Quebec Division committee took the initiative to relaunch the internship fair activities at vocational training centers (VTCs) as part of their file on succession. The “AIA Canada Day” event was created with the objective of introducing AIA Canada and the maintenance and repair market to automotive mechanic and collision repair […]
Appointments to the management committee of AIA Canada’s Quebec Division
The Automotive Industries Association of Canada is proud to announce that five new members have been appointed to the Quebec Division Committee from various sectors in the Canadian auto care industry. Further to a call for applications, five individuals were referred by members of the division committee. The members wanted to seek out representatives from […]
The Grand Forum du Québec returns
Although it had been four years since the last Grand Forum du Québec, it only took a few minutes for those gathered at the Saint-Hyacinthe Convention Centre in Quebec, on the fifteenth of December, to pick up as if they had only been apart for a couple of days. It speaks volumes to the tight […]
Appointment of the Chair to the AIA Canada Quebec Division Committee
Ottawa, October 12, 2022 – AIA Canada is proud to announce the appointment of Élisabeth Lambert as Chair of the Quebec Division Committee. Ms. Lambert is the first woman to hold this position in the history of the Quebec Division. She had been Vice-President of the Committee for 2 years now and has been an […]
2022 Quebec election – The political parties’ stances on the aftermarket industry issues
As part of our government relations efforts, we were actively engaged during the 2022 Quebec election campaign. In addition to monitoring the election, looking for important issues that could impact AIA Canada members, we also sought to inform politicians, the media, and the public in general of our industry’s most pressing challenges. We sent a […]
Quebec Automotive Aftermarket Professionals Present Their Demands in the Context of the Election Campaign
Montréal, August 31, 2022 – In preparation for the October 3 election, the Automotive Industries Association of Canada (AIA Canada) Quebec Division, which represents, in Quebec, more than 6,500 repair shops, body shops, auto parts retailers, and the head offices of many banners well known to Quebecers, is proud to make public its main demands […]
Join the Outlook Study Community of Practice
AIA Canada is updating the Outlook study based on the new realities of the industry and we need your help! The final report will be punchy and concise, and come with a new version of the data visualization tool, that offers critical market intelligence for businesses operating in the aftermarket industry in Canada. AIA Canada […]