“ ᓄᓇᕕᓕᐊᕆᐊᑕᒫᑦ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᓕᐅᒥᕙᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᓲᖑᕗᖓ ᐅᖓᓯᑦᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓅᓕᑐᐊᕋᒪ ᐱᐅᒋᓕᕐᐸᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᓱᒍ ᐃᓗᓐᓈᖓ ! ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑐᖕᖓᓇᕐᑐᓚᕆᐊᓘᒻᒪᑕ , ᐊᐅᓚᔨᒐᑦᓴᑖᕐᓯᒪᕗᖓ ᒪᓕᖃᑦᑕᓯᒪᓕᕐᓱᒋᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᑐᖃᕐᒥᒍᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᑎᓗᒋᑦ .” ᐊᐅᓪᓚᑲᑦᑕᓲᒍᓂᕐᒥᓄᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᒐᖓ ᓱᕐᕋᑕᐅᒪᓪᓚᕆᓲᖅ , ᐃᓄᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᖃᕆᐊᖃᓪᓚᕆᓲᒍᒐᒥ ᑐᕃᓐᓇᕕᒋᑦᓱᒋᑦ ᐊᓯᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᖁᑎᖃᓪᓗᑯᒐᓂ . ᑐᑭᓯᒪᓂᕐᓴᐅᓕᑐᐊᕋᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓱᓇᓂᒃ ᓵᖕᖓᓯᒐᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ , ᑭᖕᖒᒪᒋᔭᖏᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᐅᒥᑎᑦᓯᒋᐊᖃᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᓲᖅ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᒐᓱᐊᕐᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓯᓱᒋᓪᓗ ᐃᓅᓯᖏᑦ ᐱᐅᓂᕐᓴᒧᑦ . ᓄᐃᑕᓪᓚᕆᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐱᔭᕆᓯᒪᓕᕐᑕᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᕕᐅᑉ
ᐊᓕᐊᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᐸᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᒐᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᑦᑕ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᓯᖃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ . 2001ᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ 14-ᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖃᑎᐅᓪᓚᕆᑦᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓯᓂᑦᑕᕕᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᓯᐅᒥᑎᑦᓯᒋᐊᖃᑕᐅᑦᓱᓂ . “ ᐃᓂᓪᓚᖓᓂᖏᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᐅᒥᔭᐅᒋᐊᖃᓪᓚᕆᓕᓚᐅᔪᒻᒪᑕ , ᐃᓪᓗ- ᐊᕈᓯᕐᑖᕆᐊᓪᓚᕆᐊᖃᕐᓱᑎᓪᓗ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᕐᓴᓂᒃ ᓯᓂᑦᑕᕖᑦ . ᑐᖕᖓᓇᕐᑐᒥᑦᑎᓯᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᕗᑦ ᓯᓂᑦᑕᕕᓐᓂᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᖁᑎᒋᒐᑦᑎᒍ . ᓯᓂᑦᑕᕖᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐋᕐᕿᓱᐃᔨᒥᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᖃᓯᓚᐅᔪᒍᑦ ᓄᑕᐅᓯᓪᓕᑎᕆᑦᓱᑕᓗ ᓯᓂᑦᑕᕕᓕᒫᓂᒃ .” ᑲᒪᔨᐅᒋᐊᖃᓚᐅᔪᒐᒥ ᑯᐊᐸᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᐅᑎᖏᑦᑕ ᑐᓴᕐᑎᓯᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᓄᐃᑦᓯᒋᐊᖃᕐᓱᓂ , ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖃᓪᓚᕆᓚᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᑎᑦᓭᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᑕᐅᓯᒪᐅᑎᑦᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓱᑲᑎᕆᑦᓯᐊᓱᓂᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᒋᒋᐊᓕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᐅᒃᑯᑎᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᑦᓯᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᓗ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᑕᐅᒋᐊᓖᑦ .
ᐃᓚᒌᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᑐᐃᓐᓇᓂᒃ ᐱᒍᑦᔨᓂᖃᓲᒍᕗᑦ ᑯᐊᐸᒃᑯᓂᒃ , ᐱᒋᐅᕐᓴᑎᑦᓯᓂᖃᓲᒍᑦᓱᑎᓪᓗ . “ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓚᕆᓲᖑᕗᖓ ᐱᒋ- ᐅᕐᓴᑎᑦᓯᒍᑎᑦᓭᑦ ᑯᐊᐸᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᒪᔨᒻᒪᕆᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᕐᑎᑕᐅᓕᑐᐊᕐᒪᑕ . ᓴᓇᕐᕈᑎᑖᕐᑎᓯᐊᕋᓱᐊᕐᓱᒋᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᒐᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓐᓇᐅᑎᒋᓚᖓᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᑯᑦ ᑐᑭᑖᑦᓯᐊᕋᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᓲᒍᒻᒥᓱᒋᑦ .” ᓯᕗᓂᑦᓴᓕᐅᕐᓯᒪᑦᓯᐊᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᓯᕗᓂᕐᒧᑦ
ᒥᔅᑕ ᑌ ᐃᓚᒌᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᓴᖃᑦᓯᐊᓚᖓᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᓂᕆ- ᐅᒋᔭᖃᑦᓯᐊᑐᖅ . ᐃᓚᒌᓴᐅᑉ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᓪᓚᕆᒻᒪᑦ , ᐱᓇᓱᒍᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᑲᓪᓚᓂᒃ ᐱᔪᑦᓴᐅᔮᕈᑎᖃᕐᐳᖅ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ . “ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᖏᑦᑐᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᒃᓯᒪᒍᓐᓇᒥᒐᑦᑕ ᖄᖏᕐᓂᑯᓕᐅᕋᓱᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᓐᓀᓗᑕ . ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᑯᑦ ᐱᓇᓱ- ᐊᖃᑎᒌᒍᓐᓇᒥᒐᑦᑕ ”. ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᑯᑦ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᓵᖕᖓᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᒍᒪᔪᒍᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᖃᕐᓗᑕ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᓂᑦ . ᐆᑦᑑᑎᒋᓗᒍ , ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓪᓗᐃᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᓲᓂᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓯᒪᐅᑎᖃᕙᓪᓕᐊᒍᒪᑦᓱᑕ ᑯᐊᐸᒃᑯᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓪᓗᓕᐅᕐᓗᑕ . ᐃᑯᒪᓕᐅᕐᓂᓂᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᒍᒪᒻᒥᔪᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ . ᐱᒋᐅᕐᓴᑎᑦᓯᒍᒪᓪᓚᕆᒐᔭᕐᑐᒍᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᔪᖁᑎᑦᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᕐᓱᒋᐅᕐᓴᑎᑦᓯᒐᓱᐊᕐᓗᑕ . 95 % ᐳᓴᓐᖏᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᔪᖁᑎᕗᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᒪᑕ ᑯᐊᐸᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᒍᑎᓖᑦ . ᐱᑐᑦᓯᒪᓪᓚᕆᒐᑦᑕ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ , ᑐᕃᓐᓇᑐᑎᒍᑦ ᓱᕐᕃᒐᔭᕋᑦᑕ ᐱᐅᓂᕐᓴᑎᒍᑦ !” ᓲᖑᔪᑦᓯᐊᒍᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᑦ
ᐊᑖᑕᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᒪᕐᕉᓄᑦ ᐅᕕᒃᑲᐅᓕᕐᑑᓄᒃ 15-ᓂᒃ 13-ᓂᓪᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᓕᕐᑐᓄᒃ , ᕗᕌᓐᓱᐊ ᑌ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᒐᕐᒥᓂᓪᓗ ᐅᐊᕈᑎᒋᑦᑎᓯᓲᒍᑦᔭᖏᑦᑐᖅ , ᐃᓚᒥᓂᓪᓗ ᐱᓇᓱᕝᕕᒥᓂᓪᓗ ᑐᓂᓯᒪᕕᖃᑦᓯᐊᕈᒪᓂᑯᒥᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐅᐊᕈᑎᒌᑦᔭᒍᓀᑎᓪᓗᒋᒃ . ᐊᓂᕐᕋᒥᓂ ᐊᓂᒐᒥ ᐅᓪᓛᑯᑦ , ᐃᓚᒥᓄᑦ ᐁᑉᐯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒌᓴᒃᑯᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᖃᕆᐊᕐᑐᓯᓲᖅ . ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑭᑦᑐᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᒐᑎᒃ ᐊᔪᐃᓐᓈᕆᒋᐊᓕᓐᓂᒃ ᓵᖕᖓᓯᒋᐊᖃᓕᑐᐊᕋᒥ ᑕᑎᑦᓴᖃᑦᓯᐊᓲᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᒥᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᔨᒻᒪᕆᐅᖃᑎᒋᔭᒥᓂᒃ . “ ᑕᒫᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑐᐃᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᒋᐊᒥᒃ ᐊᓕᐊᒋᔭᖃᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᒪᑕ . ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑎᕗᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᓪᓚᕆᑦᑐᐊᓗᓐᓂᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᖃᓲᒍᕗᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒻᒫᑕᓪᓚᕆᑉᐸᓱᑎᒃ ᐃᑎᔪᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᒃ . ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᓂᕐᓴᑎᒍᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᓴᖃᑦᓯᐊᖁᔨᑐᐃᓐᓇᖁᒍᑦ . ᑕᒪᓐᓇᑕᒐ ᑎᓕᔭᐅᒪᐅᑎᒐ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᒍᒪᔭᕋ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᖃᑦᑕᓚᖓᔪᓂ !” •
François Day , Janique Morin et Heng Kun . ᕗᕌᓐᓱᐊ ᑌ , ᔭᓂᒃ ᒧᕆᓐ , ᙯᖕ ᑰᓐ .
Exuding enthusiasm , François Day , the new General Manager of the FCNQ ( Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau- Québec ), recently took the helm of the organization . Known for his love of numbers , he earned his first stripes as an accounting clerk at the Fédération back in the early 1990s . Almost immediately upon joining the team , he felt a sense of kinship with his co-workers , as well as with the Inuit and their way of life . His successful bid to head the Fédération set off a wave of excitement thanks in large part to his professionalism and open-mindedness . The following interview and profile provide fresh insight into a man who has great ambition for the FCNQ .
Although François Day was born in Montréal , his parents were originally from the Saguenay region . He is the eldest of two children , his brother being six years younger . As far back as he can remember , he was inspired by his father who was unusually good with numbers . “ My dad could do complicated calculations without even using a calculator . When I was a child and we went for a drive , he would ask me math questions based on the licence plates of the passing cars ! Those experiences really left a mark on me . I was so impressed by his talent that I decided I would follow in his footsteps somehow !” He ended up studying accounting and received his chartered accountant designation in 1994 . A life-changing summer job
With only one semester left to go in his studies , he learned of a summer job opportunity at the FCNQ from his father : an accounting clerk position was available ! “ It was the summer of 1990 and I had no idea that I was about to gain a second family ! As soon as I took up the position , I loved the atmosphere in the
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