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DEPARTMENTS<br />
From the Editor ........................7<br />
PAUL KNOWLES<br />
Touching your heart<br />
Tax Matters ............................ 8<br />
JULIA KLANN<br />
FATCA’s impact on Canadian Businesses<br />
Business Monitor .................. 10<br />
Ambassador of investment; The science of<br />
happy; New grants at KWCF; Self-compassion<br />
is the key; New digs for KW Habilitation;<br />
Women entrepreneurs pitch; E Vehicles charing<br />
up; Sexual Assault Support Centre needs<br />
funding<br />
Corporate Profiles<br />
The Attraction of Hot Tubs ........................16<br />
The Heart of the City ..................................18<br />
Employee engagement is the new black.. 22<br />
Watercooler .......................... 32<br />
John Beynon in Hall of Fame; COM DEV contracts<br />
with India; Oktoberfest Women of the<br />
Year; Flander’s Fields’ John McRae honoured;<br />
FACS Foundation makes impact.<br />
THE SCIENCE OF HAPPY<br />
PAGE 11<br />
ANN BILODEAU, KW HABILITATION<br />
PAGE 13<br />
AMBASSADOR OF INVESTMENT<br />
PAGE 10<br />
FROM THE EDITOR<br />
TOUCHING<br />
YOUR HEART<br />
Read the articles and respond<br />
by PAUL KNOWLES<br />
PAUL KNOWLES is editor of<br />
Exchange Magazine. He is<br />
an author, public speaker<br />
and executive director of<br />
New Hamburg Live! email:<br />
paul.knowles@<br />
exchangemagazine.com<br />
It’s not often that<br />
doing this job<br />
inspires me to<br />
reach for my wallet.<br />
But this is the<br />
exception. This<br />
Exchange contains<br />
some intriguing<br />
and up to the<br />
minute business<br />
stories. I have<br />
enjoyed meeting<br />
people like Kim<br />
and Dave Neziol of<br />
HomeFit, who are building on a<br />
foundation laid by Kim’s mentor, the<br />
late John Carter; and Randall<br />
Howard, angel investor extraordinaire,<br />
recipient of a much-deserved<br />
national award; and Jennifer and Jim<br />
Moss, the unique founders of a business<br />
that boosts happiness.<br />
But my heart became fully engaged<br />
as I worked on the stories about KW<br />
Habilitation, Nutrition for Learning,<br />
and the Sexual Assault Support Centre<br />
of Waterloo Region. These are local<br />
organizations that are doing so much<br />
for our community, much of it unnoticed<br />
and without thanks.<br />
Here’s my hope – and my pledge. I<br />
hope that the business people who<br />
faithfully read this magazine – and<br />
there are a lot of you – will also be<br />
touched by those stories. That you will<br />
seize the opportunity to make a difference<br />
by supporting these important<br />
community services – by donating to<br />
the building project at KW Habilitation,<br />
or helping to feed our thousands<br />
of hungry school kids, or supporting<br />
programs that are working to stop the<br />
thousands of sexual assaults in our<br />
region, every year. Read the articles –<br />
and then allow yourself the time to<br />
respond.<br />
And my pledge? By the time you<br />
read this, my cheque will be in the<br />
mail.<br />
x<br />
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