Membership Benefit Programs

Members are offering discounts for either products or services to other members. The purpose of this program is to keep businesses shopping locally and employing members locally as well. This is an excellent opportunity to grow your business as others learn more of you and take advantage of savings, as you will them. A truly worthwhile program we believe!

You need to be a member of the Chamber to take advantage of these discounts and will need to show your membership card to participating retailers at time of purchase. Remember only 1 membership card is distributed to each member. You must be a member to access details on all offers, and the list keeps growing!

Some examples include:

• Horizon X Rafting (10% discount on any corporate programs)
• Norway Bay Golf Club (10% off regularly priced season golf membership for 2011 season)

For details on all benefits, you must become a member.

If you are interested in participating, or if you have any questions, please contact your Chamber:

1.866.861-0509 or 819.647.2312

A membership list of all chamber members is on the web site with a link to your own web site, if available.

The chamber selects member businesses to profile on the web site. If you would like a profile of your business on the chamber web site, please send us the information on your business, along with a photo.

Also, the chamber has a Members in the News section where current articles on Pontiac businesses are listed. Please let us know if you would like an article from a local newspaper about your business placed on the web site.

A listing on the directory is free of charge for all businesses in the Pontiac. For chamber members there is an enhanced listing. You have double the number of characters for the two descriptive paragraphs, twice as many key words, twice as many categories and the choice to create a banner ad.

Visit: www.commercepontiac.ca to view your listing.

For more information on the directory, feel free to email us at info@pontiacchamberofcommerce.ca

Offered exclusively to members, the Privilege Plan give Télébec Centrex business customers an improved basic long distance discount. An additional Loyalty Discount is also available.

For more information: view the information sheet

To apply: It is the responsibility of the chamber member to contact a Télébec telecommunications advisor to find out what saving rates you can obtain.

The chamber provides an updated membership list to Télébec.

$0.035/litre fuel discount off the retail posted pump price.

For more information: view the information sheet

To apply: download the application form

It is the responsibility of the chamber member to apply for this discount. The chamber provides an updated membership list to Esso.

A variety of plans are available to all Chamber members, regardless of the enterprise size, and is particularly advantageous to companies with fewer than 8 employees, where, traditionally, group rates have not been available.

For more information please visit:
www.chambers.ca
www.buychambers.ca

To apply: For more information on a group insurance plan, contact the chamber representative: Ron MacKillop at 819.771.7535 or ronaldm@teamipg.com

Preferential credit and debit card transaction rates are currently:

• 1.59% VISA;
• 1.64% MasterCard
• $0.069 per debit transaction

To apply: view the information sheet.

It is the responsibility of the chamber member to apply for this discount. The chamber provides an updated membership list to TD Merchant.

This program consists of online courses. Chamber members receive a discount for course subscriptions.

Provide your members with an affordable opportunity to assess how their level of customer service ranks.

Low-cost legal advice for your members and their employees

FCCQ offers various gas discount packages through Esso, Ultramar and Shell.

To apply:

Esso application form and information sheet

Ultramar application form and information sheet

Shell application form

It is the responsibility of the chamber member to apply for these discounts.

Chamber members can now benefit from Global Payments preferred rates for Visa, MasterCard and Interac Direct Payment, a low equipment rental fee, plus a number of services free of charge.

To apply: information sheet and application form

FCCQ offers insurance packages – Group Insurance Plan of Chambers of Commerce and La Capitale General Insurance.

To apply: see FCCQ web site for details or contact the chamber representative: Ron MacKillop at 819.771.7535 or ronaldm@teamipg.com

Radio Canada offers 15% discount in its vast network.

To apply: information sheet in French

Discount Rates for the purchase of natural gas

Enjoy a sizeable program by adhering to a fixed price!

In addition to offering a special rate for your purchases of natural gas, Athena offers you the opportunity to obtain a discount of 0.5 ¢ / m3 on your fuel economy by adhering to the fixed price program.

This offer is for a limited time and applies to companies that annually consume 7,500 m3 and more for the same account number.

To apply: information sheet in French

What makes you a remarkable employer?

You see yourself as an employer of choice? Stand out by becoming certified as an Outstanding Employer by the Bureau de Normalisation du Quebec.

Be a certified Remarkable Employer, you will stand out and have a significant competitive advantage in a deep economic and demographic transformation.

You will see immediate and positive effects!

To apply: information sheet and application form in French

To improve the well-being of your employees and increase your competitiveness, Federation of Chambers of Commerce of Quebec (FCCQ), in partnership with Medial Management Inc. and Fasken Martineau, is pleased to offer to any FCCQ member company or a local chamber of commerce the ability to obtain "Healthy Enterprise" (BNQ 9700-800) certification, which recognizes the efforts of business to improve the well-being and health of its employees while increasing its productivity and competitiveness.

Developed by internationally recognized requirements (ISO) certification standards "Healthy Enterprise" encourages companies to act in terms of improving lifestyles of their employees, balancing work and personal life, the working environment and management practices.

Among other benefits, the implementation of the standard "Healthy Enterprise" certification allows the company to:

• Demonstrate that it has at heart the wellness of its employees
• Enhance its reputation among its customers and improve its image to promote the attraction and retention of skilled labor
• Prevent injuries and reduce absenteeism
• Implement continuous improvement practices and thus significantly increase the productivity of the company

For more information or to register:
Medial Management Inc. (FQQC)
Quebec: 418.682.9909
Montreal: 514.284.1010
Elsewhere in Quebec: 1.888.722.6939
info@medial.ca

Savings on conference calls.

Take advantage of our agreement with the Facilis and enjoy preferred rates on your conference calls and provided unlimited access to your web conferences.

To apply: application form in French

Get a 10% discount on the price of a day at the Governor Hotel and many other benefits of being a Governor club member.

To book by phone: 1.888.910.1111 and enter your corporate code.

Contact Ms. Khedidja Bashir (FCCQ) at 514.844.9571 ext 3270 to obtain your corporate code.

Rapidly Increase the productivity level of your organization.

Proaction is a consulting company that supports companies and organizations to maximize productivity and management of human resources.

Proaction offers member companies a free analysis to show how it can be a asset to your company.

To apply: application form in French

Member Subscription Service: Why pay more? Subscribe to your favourite newspapers and magazines at the guaranteed lowest rates.

220 Quebec, Canadian, U.S. and European publications to choose from.

Up to 89% off newsstand prices!

For more information or to subscribe: www.campusdiscount.com or 514.982.0180 or toll-free 1.800.265.0180

As a leader in local search, weblocal.ca is the destination of choice for users looking for businesses in their local communities, and across Canada. Weblocal.ca users visit to find a company offering a product or service, evaluate and share their experiences.

Weblocal.ca meets the needs of both users and advertisers, giving businesses greater visibility in search engines and the flexibility to change the page content company profile.

In collaboration with the FCCQ weblocal.ca is proud to offer member companies a discount of 15% to purchase a one year subscription and free membership fee. This offer is unique in Quebec.

Display and join each month more than 2 million consumers’ research products and services through weblocal.ca.

To apply: application form in French

The leader filter software in Quebec, ZeroSpam offers one month free trial and 15% off.

Protect your infrastructure against threats more dangerous conveyed by electronic mail by giving your e-mail filtering experts to ZEROSPAM. ZEROSPAM eliminates 98% of all types of spam at the source with a margin of error of 1 / 10 000.

ZEROSPAM provides a dramatic reduction in the load on your server, protecting you against loss of emails in case of failure and avoids a significant waste of bandwidth. ZEROSPAM is accompanied by a technical support and outstanding user-friendly management tools and advanced.

Get a 15% discount on service rates ZEROSPAM. Advantage reserved only for members of chambers of commerce and corporate members of the FCCQ.

To test the ZEROSPAM free for 30 days, sign up at www.zerospam.ca / FCCQ.

To apply: information sheet in French