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Robert B. Reid Participates in Function Focussed on Employees With Disabilities in Employment
Robert B. Reid Thanks Lt. Governor David Onley for Addressing the Rotary Club
 There are 1.5M Ontarians with a physical disability, 15% of our population. Today they not only suffer from their physical disability but they also suffer a paralysis of opportunity and a paralysis of hope resulting from difficulty in gaining access to a meaningful career. Provided with the opportunity, the disabled can fulfill a meaningful role in our society including within the workplace. Many studies have confirmed that the working disabled have higher levels of job performance and job retention.
Myth: businesses cannot afford the cost to accommodate the disabled.
Fact: most employers do not spend anything to accommodate the disabled and of those that do the average expenditure is less than $100!
The Lt. Governor asked us to imagine that we were interviewing to fill a position but we could only see the candidate from the waist down. Imagine your surprise when you did not hire the candidate because he only had one leg and you later learned that you had turned down Terry Fox; or, that you did not hire a candidate because he was in a wheelchair only to learn that you said no to Stephen Hawking, the brightest physicist on Earth!
He asked us to Google search Roger Crawford, a man born with only two fingers on each hand who became a NCAA tennis star.
Myth: disabled employees make customers feel uncomfortable.
Fact: 78% of people say that they are more likely to frequent businesses that employ the disabled.
The Lieutenant Governor asks us to consider taking on a strong and active mentoring role with the disabled.
Michael A. Mann Receives Recognized for Leadership in Community and Business Sector
Business Link Bestows 40 Under Forty Business Achievement Award Upon Michael A. Mann
Michael A. Mann has received the Business Link's 40 Under Forty Business Achievement Award, which is given to future leaders under the age of 40 who consistently make their mark in business and regularly contribute to their respective communities.
LBW Opens Grimsby Office
Grimsby Office Marks a Return Home for LBW
On February 1, 2008, Lancaster, Brooks & Welch LLP opened an office in Grimsby. Conveniently located in the downtown core, the LBW Grimsby office is open to existing and new clients.
The opening of the Grimsby office marks a return home of sorts for LBW. The history of LBW reveals that the firm had its origins in Grimsby back in 1886 when Edward Arthur Lancaster hung out a shingle and opened a law office.
The Grimsby office is located at 55 Main Street West. The phone number is 905-594-1263 and the fax number is 905-594-1268.
LBW Recognized for 125 Years of Service to the Community
The St. Catharines-Thorold Chamber of Commerce Presents LBW with the Century Award
On October 7, 2007, the St. Catharines-Thorold Chamber of Commerce presented Lancaster, Brooks & Welch LLP with the Century Award in recognition of over 100 years of contribution and commitment to the St. Catharines and Thorold business communities. Leanne E. Standryk and Michael A. Mann (on the far left in the inset photo) received the Century Award on behalf of LBW.
David L. Edwards Appointed to the OCCPS
David L. Edwards Joins the Ontario Civilian
Commission on Police Services (OCCPS)
 On
the recommendation of Premier Dalton McGuinty, and through an Order in Council,
the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario has appointed David L. Edwards of St.
Catharines to the Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services (OCCPS).
Mr. Edwards is the managing partner of Lancaster, Brooks &
Welch LLP. He has extensive community involvement with several social agencies
and service clubs. He is currently the Past-Chair of the Board of Trustees of
Brock University and is chairing the Search Committee for the next President of
Brock.
The Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services hears
appeals involving police discipline, disputes between municipalities and police
services boards, investigations and inquiries into the conduct of chiefs of
police, police officers and members of police service boards, and deals with
public complaints regarding police services.
There are nine appointed members of the Commission, and
each serves for a three-year term. Mr. Edwards was appointed by an
Order-in-Council dated June 22, 2005, and he attended his first Commission
meeting on August 8, 2005.
David L. Edwards
Certified as Specialist in Corporate and Commercial Law
The Law Society of Upper Canada Certifies David
L. Edwards
as Corporate and Commercial Law Specialist
David
L. Edwards has been certified by the
Law
Society of Upper Canada as a Certified Specialist in Corporate
and Commercial Law.
This certification is given on the recommendation of a panel of senior
practitioners based on substantial involvement in and demonstrated mastery of
the many facets of Corporate and Commercial law, compliance with continuing
education requirements and maintenance of the highest professional standards.
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