Toon Dreessen officialy entered "political life" by confirming nomination for a vacant council seat as a provincial representative on the Ontario Association of Architects council for 2009-2012.
From Toon's profile for election: "I believe that if we don’t take an active role in how we grow, we will find our profession run for us, not by us. I believe that the demographic shift in the profession needs to be addressed and anticipated; emerging trends in the way our professional services are procured within federal, provincial and municipal governments (as well as quasi-governments) are an overhead burden that are detrimental to our profession; changing electronic environments and their impact on our profession as well as the legal framework in which we function need our attention. One of my goals is to help move our members towards financial security by moving away from undercutting each other and move towards adoption of work breakdown structures and service to service (or ability to ability) fee comparisons. As a recently licensed architect (2005), I have built my practice from the ground up into a successful, thriving practice, something I believe we can all do."
