Greetings all — Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

2025 has been a banner year for the National Association of Automobile Clubs of Canada. The big news was helping to convince the Federal Government to do away with the federally imposed 25% Tariff on vehicles imported to Canada from the USA. Many NAACC Directors spent long hours dealing with government officials, conducting a formal letter writing campaign and lobbying government officials. Thankfully the Federal Government reacted in a very positive way to our requests.

I must say, dealing with the government was a pleasant experience. In conversations with many politicians, I was told that they genuinely did not want to penalize the collector car hobby in Canada. Many officials offered a sincere thank you for the positive approach to charities in local communities that your clubs provide. They recognized the fact that the NAACC looks after its many thousands of members across Canada and that we are a not-for-profit organization working for the betterment of all of the hobbyists in Canada.

As most hobbyists know after reading our reports the Antique Motorcycle Club of America and their nearly 14,000 members joined the NAACC this year after researching our significant insurance program. The result of their efforts to join the NAACC was to provide their Canadian members with a free NAACC membership combined with free liability insurance paid for by the AMCA. In speaking with various AMCA members they said they had researched our NAACC insurance program and found it to be the best overall club insurance policy in existence in North America. I often think back to the time 20 plus years ago when insurance company owner Pat Anderson said that he had been so successful in the insurance business that he wanted to give something back to the industry by providing and exclusive collector car/ collector motorcycle policy that was ‘Club’ specific and would protect hobby related families across Canada. Pat told me that he would cut premium profit to the bone and would provide the most extensive policy available in North America if he could. Pat was a man of his word and the results have helped many car club groups through costly insurance claims. The NAACC is truly blessed to be able to still offer that same policy today with no increases in premium price in over twenty years.

A few years ago, one of our insured clubs was found responsible for a swap meet accident. The insurance pay out was nearly $70,000 to the insured party. The premiums to the overall general NAACC membership did not increase. The legal fees were paid by the insurance company and none of the Club members were permanently affected. In my world this was a big win for all concerned. Thank you again, Pat Anderson. (RIP) and a special thank you to Commercial accounts manager Christine Coulter, of Reliance Insurance, for all of your effort and support.

The 2025 year welcomed the International Chief Judge Advisory Group to the NAACC list of official partners. Please take the time to call up icjag.international This group is considered by many as the world governing body for Concours Judging. Its website provides leadership to the Concours world in North America, Australia, UK, India and Europe. The NAACC is proud to be associated with this fine group. As an aside, the number one Concours in Canada, the Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance, held every September in Owen Sound Ontario, uses the ICJAG judging format.

In closing, I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of the hard-working NAACC directors and their families for the time they spend on behalf of all of you. These hard-working dedicated men and women do this work with little or no thanks so that you and I can enjoy our wonderful hobby.

Thank you again for your support and efforts to keep the Collector Car/Motorcycle movement alive in Canada.

My warmest regards,

John Carlson
President
National Association of Automobile Clubs of Canada Corp.