Molson in the Community

The Molson Forum for Dialogue is a forum in partnership with the Economic Club of Toronto. The forum is intended to bring together civic leaders and stakeholders in an informal setting to engage in conversations relevant to the civic leaders portfolio and interests of the gathered stakeholders.

Kevin Boyce, President and CEO of Molson (centre), and Mark Adler, President of the Economic Club of Toronto (left) hosted a Molson Forum for Dialogue at the Old Mill in Toronto this morning with Ontario Tourism Minister Peter Fonseca (right). A number of Tourism Industry “suppliers” attended the event.

The forum is part of Molson’s continued efforts in supporting the community in which we live, work, play and do business.

Molson is supporting communities across the country in their efforts to encourage responsible drinking this holiday season.

In St. John’s, Molson is distributing $5,000 in taxi vouchers to celebrate those who make the responsible choice this holiday season. Molson personnel will visit local bars in the city Dec. 14, 15, 21 & 22 and distribute TaxiGuy vouchers to patrons who make the responsible choice to safely return to their homes after an evening out with friends.

Deputy Chief Bill Brown and Acting Superintendent Jim Carroll of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) joined Dan Crummell of Molson and Bob Taylor, owner of The Dock, in reminding everyone to make the responsible choice this holiday season.

Molson and our employees are continuing to provide support to our Canadian troops around the world at this festive time of year. Molson has sent a supply of Molson Canadian for our troops to enjoy over the holiday season.

Molson is also continuing to support “Operation Santa Claus” by providing a duffle bag to each member of the 3000 Canadian Troops stationed around the world.

In communities across Canada employees provide support to various efforts in support of our troops. One example is a program that Ryan St. Peter initiated in Edmonton to support the Military Family Resource Centre at the Edmonton Garrison. Ryan raised $5000 and Molson matched his donation for a resultant achievement of $10000 towards the centre.

In conjunction with the Edmonton Oilers, Molson donated over 100 tikcets for the Oilers game on November 24th that assisted in sending over 5000 people, members of the troops and their families to enjoy the Oilers game.

Most recently Molson announced seed funding and support for the construction of a multi-purpose recreation facility at Canadian Forces Base Halifax (Shearwater). The project will provide a facility for ice hockey, ball hockey and a skating park for the Canadian military forces.

Molson and our employees are proud to continue to support our troops at home and abroad, consistent with the heritage and history of Molson that has seen generation after generation provide this ongoing support.

Supplying support to Canadian troops has been a tradition at Molson as far back as the late 1700s when John Molson served his country as a politician in peacetime – and as a soldier during war. Throughout the War of 1812-14, Mr. Molson – the force behind the establishment of the country’s first commercial steamboat enterprise – enlisted in the force along with two of his sons and dedicated his steamships to the service of the Crown. The Swiftsure was the first steamship to be used in war.

Molson…proud to play our part.