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lacible | Octobre 2016
C H A I R ' S M E S S A G E
As I write these lines, it's hot out, heatwave hot. But it isn't the
temperature I am talking about when I say "hot fall"! Things will be
cooking for the IQPF because we'll be busy organizing the eighth
Financial Planning Week.
For seven years now we have been taking time each year to raise
public awareness of the importance of sound personal financial
management. In 2009, the first Financial Planning Week was
celebrated with a major event—Financial Planning Day—at Complexe
Desjardins. A few financial planners made presentations, while a
dozen others were on hand to provide free consultations. Nearly 300
people took advantage of the occasion to get financial advice.
As a sign of the times, today our awareness campaigns, like the
one last spring, are largely virtual, broadcast on the web and on
TV, allowing us to reach hundreds of thousands or even millions
of people. So mark the date in your calendar, from November 20
to 26 this year, for Financial Planning Week 2016. The campaign
will revolve around the two ads aired last spring, because they
clearly show the difference that good planning can make in people's
lives. And we will call on financial planners once more to serve as
ambassadors for our profession. Stay tuned!
Act respecting the distribution of financial products and services
Fall will also be warm on the political front, because we're expecting
an update of the Act respecting the distribution of financial products
and services. In June 2015, Québec's Minister of Finance published
a report on the application of the Act, and although the report did
not specifically mention the regulation of financial planning, we took
advantage of the forum held in September 2015 to submit a brief
outlining our point of view: to uphold the protection of the public, a
professional order of financial planners should be created.
A HOT FALL
