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CIAC Annual Dinner
and Awards
EACH OCTOBER, CIAC recognizes individuals who have dedicated
their time and expertise to support and advance CIAC initiatives.
This year’s honorees were recognized at the association’s Annual
Dinner and Awards event held in Ottawa on Oct. 21.
Merit Award
The Merit Award recognizes a group or individual that has
provided leadership in supporting CIAC initiatives.
Randy Mark, Hydrocarbon Products Technician, Dow
Chemical Canada is this year’s Merit Award recipient. Randy
has been Chair of CIAC’s National TRANSCAER® Committee
since 2013. Over the past three years, he has helped grow the
TRANSCAER® program – bringing in new partners and increasing
the program’s reach to communities and first responders. Randy
also serves on a number of other transportation related committees,
and was instrumental in developing a rail tank car
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Award winners L to R: Randy Mak, Dow Chemicals;
Richard Paton, CIAC; Graeme Flint, NOVA Chemicals and
Carles Navarro, BASF.
training manual, and the TRANSCAER®’s Train-the-Trainer
program. For more information on TRANSCAER® visit
www.transcaer.ca
Chairman’s Awards
The Chairman’s Award recognizes previous Merit Award
winners who have continued to actively support CIAC’s initiatives,
and/or have served on the association’s Board of Directors.
This year’s honourees are:
Graeme Flint, Vice President, Olefins Feedstock, NOVA
Chemicals. Graeme is a seasoned advocate for the industry, and
his ability to skillfully work on policies related to taxation and
competitiveness in both Ottawa and Alberta is unmatched. One
of CIAC’s recent major successes – the federal government’s tenyear
extension of the Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance – is
due in no small part to Graeme’s committed efforts. Graham
has also been very active in the National Energy Board’s process
on natural gas applications, and the Alberta Gas Review –
in both cases bringing a good balance to very polarizing issues.
Carles Navarro, President, BASF Canada. Carles has only
been in Canada for three years, but he has made quite an impact
in that short time. Arriving from BASF Europe in 2013, he
quickly joined CIAC’s Board of Directors and later the association’s
Executive Committee. He has been a valuable advocate
for the industry on issues related to global harmonization, the
Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance, and a range of other competitiveness
issues. But, even more impressive, is his belief in
and support of Responsible Care®, for which he has become one
of the association’s leading champions. Carles is returning to
BASF in Europe in early 2016, but he made as big an impression
on the industry in Canada, as Canada has on him.
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