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economist sun stouffvilfctribune wheels thursday feb 24 2000 13 cias joins detroit frankfurt paris geneva tokyo in attaining interna tional recognition starting in 2001 over a year of dedicated work has come to fruition as the organisation internationale des constructeurs dautomobiles oica informed the canadian international autoshow that its application has been approved to make it the only oica status international auto show for canada the canadian international autoshow was the only show to be rec ognized in the 1999 round of oica reviews even though applications and delegations had been received from los angeles chicago- new york and montreal the cias achieved the status of canadas international auto show with the official support of cvma canadian vehicle manufacturers association canadas official member of oica and the endorsement of the aiamc association of international automobile manufacturers the recognition is a unique honour bestowed on the cias after a meticu lous review of the show which included an onsite inspection by oicas president dr emilib dicamilo dr dicamilo surveyed not only the show its content and management but also the extensive supporting infrastructure of toronto including availability of additional venues for growth airline connections public transit hotel capacity and the citys capability to ser vice international visitors and the media general manager of the canadian international autoshow tom tonks commented on the oica announce ment observing tremendous work lies ahead in restructuring the current cias organization to ramp up to the extensive new requirements of an internationally recognized show tonks added in this regard that the shows immediate challenges will include the establishment of a new working relationship with manufactur ers and the organization of a new approach to the international media show president in 2001 gerd reisenecker summed up the excite ment of the oica announcement stat ing this recognition is the culmina tion of a team effort by the executive and management of the cias who suc cessfully portrayed the cias its loca tion its content and its vast potential as being unique among all north american auto shows the 2001 oica edition canadian international autoshow february 16- 25 2001 will likely be expanded to include skydome making it one of north americas largest consumer shows with over 800000 sqft approx 80000 sq metres of floorspace and over a quarter of a million audited attendance dreams at the 2000 mjtoshow mm each year the canadian international be purchased will be included with me core win fuel daily during the show ballots can be aifickfttr aaincd hti n rtmni vehicles picked up at local suhocd retailers or at the autoshow at the sunoco exhibit in the south buudingofthemtcc identifying features and contests the goal contestants get their gamecards from diree td bank builds the car you can win it at grand amgta gki prix ct and a montana wiu win a 2000 cadillac catera sport packaged and the contestant will then have 9 minutes to readers of the toronto star will look for ballots with other lifestyle enhancing prizes including call in to claim their prize if 9 minutes lapses chevrolet oidsmobiie dealers is a contest the contest at the cadillac living built around au die uiings you would like to exliibit in the soudi building of the mtcc mmixm 3 day sales event fe 24 26 the 2000 corolla ve 48 financing on all new corollas up to 48 months finance ton tcj 0 ac avauue on al new 2000 corobas eampte ji5fflowamiicmuiitomomasmopaniert camw an 5jh on sbitt lor a tern of 48 months payment pis tines dompaynirtof170aneccmwbmla2ot gggoomljgmocncwb markville toyota 5362 hwy 7 aaa rt fla east of mccowan rd markham afa7t i ww bullock z o 00 o i o 2 q 5 x hwy 7