NCDA In The News, News Releases

Budget Investments Continue Nation Leading Electric Vehicle Adoption in BC Victoria, BC –Today’s balanced provincial budget includes further support for clean energy initiatives that will help ensure BC’s success in electric vehicle (EV) adoption continues, says the President and CEO of the New Car Dealers Association of BC. In total, the 2020 Budget provides over […]

As with today’s 21st century shows, early exhibitions featured upcoming models, sentimental classics and cutting-edge technologies Published by The Province With the Vancouver International Auto Show celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2020, we’re looking back on its history with a four-part series leading up to the March 25-29 show. In part one today, we cover […]

A procession of 20 unique vehicles will be led by industry leader Jimmy Pattison through downtown March 25 Published by the Vancouver Courier – Highlights of the Vancouver International Auto Show! It was September 1920, when the Vancouver Motor Dealers’ Association decided to show off the must-have cars and trucks of the day at the […]

PRINCE GEORGE – The Prince George Car Dealership Association (PGCDA) and New Car Dealers’ Foundation of BC are launching three new awards at CNC to assist students pursuing a career path in the automotive industry. The awards, which total $10,000 annually, include three scholarships and a bursary for students registered in the Auto Service Technician […]

Thornhill, ON – July 2019 Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) Chair Perry Itzcovitch announced today that Aziz Ahamed of Destination Auto Group, Burnaby, BC, has won the 2019 CADA Laureate dealer recognition award for Business Innovation. The Laureate award is considered to be the highest honour a new car and truck dealer can receive over […]

Published from CADA June 25th, 2019 CADA has officially revealed the names of the 2019 CADA Laureate winners: Jamie Massie of Georgian Chevrolet Buick GMC in Barrie, Ont., is the Ambassador Laureate; Aziz Ahamed of Destination Auto Group, Burnaby, B.C., is the Business Innovator Laureate; and Charles Saillant of Ste-Foy Toyota, Québec, Que., rounds out […]

Posted March 29, 2019 Postmedia News HEARD INSTINCT: Vancouver International Auto Show executive director Jason Heard’s blood contains more than father Phil’s Y chromosome. There’s gasoline, too. Heard Sr. has been involved with automobiles since 1990, when he launched Vancouver’s Molson Indy races as general manager. He’d already staged boat, floating-boat and RV shows. Inheriting […]

Published by the Prince George Citizen, January 3, 2019 In my position with the New Car Dealers Association of B.C., I travel the province frequently and meet with many people on a host of industry and automotive-related issues. During a recent trip to Terrace, I had an opportunity to spend time with Lucy Sager to […]

For Immediate Release (Ottawa, ON) – Following the announcement that a trade agreement has been reached between Canada, the US, and Mexico, Canada’s retail auto industry welcomes the newly signed agreement by North American countries. “We thank Canada’s trade representatives, the Prime Minister and his Office, and Ministers Navdeep Bains and Chrystia Freeland for the outstanding […]

For Immediate Release Canadian Automobile Dealers Association formally joins Chamber-led Coalition to Keep Trade Free (Ottawa, ON) – August 23, 2018 – Amid the escalating trade dispute between NAFTA signatories, the Canadian Automobile Association has formally joined the Coalition to Keep Trade Free led by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. “As we have seen, the […]