Registry of Lobbyists
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Industry
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An Act to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
(Safeguarding Canadians’ Personal Information Act) with respect to the mandatory breach notification provisions
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Arts and Culture
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An Act to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy by regulating certain activities that discourage reliance on electronic means of carrying out commercial activities, and to amend the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act, the Competition Act, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Telecommunications Act
(Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act) with repect to mandatory reporting requirements
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Housing
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Build Canada Homes and surrounding legislation. RCC is an interested stakeholder as it is a pivotal player in home building supply chains and would like to be included in government planning in this area.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
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Taxation and Finance
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Changes to the payments industry in Canada as described in the proposed Voluntary Code of Conduct for the Debit and Credit Card Industry in Canada issued by Finance Canada. Possible legislation to regulate the payments industry in Canada, either designating the credit card companies under the Canadian Payments Act, or a similar legislative proposal. Implementation of certain provisions of "Transparency, Balance and Choice: Canada’s Credit Card and Debit Card Systems" - Report of the Senate Committee on Banking Trace and Commerce.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
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Consumer Issues
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Consumer Product Safety Act with respect to business confidentiality provisions and recall provisions
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Intellectual Property
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Copyright Act - with respect to possible changes introducing levies on blank media, digital rights management technology, parallel imports; changes to "notice and takedown" regulations contained within existing copyright legilsation; lobbying for exceptions for photo finishers.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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International Relations, International Trade
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CUSMA Renegotiations, trade, Canada-U.S. relations. RCC represents members who are integral members of the cross-border retail supply chains and have considerable interests in tariffs and the renegotiations of trade treaties, namely CUSMA. Tariffs being applied to retail goods is also of concern
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
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Consumer Issues, Science and Technology, Telecommunications
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Discussion of Retail Council of Canada's priorities and government intentions regarding Federal Digital Charter implementation Bill C-27
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Climate, Environment
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Environmental Regulations, Plastics, Recycling, Environmental Sustainability. RCC regularly engages with ECCC on the development and implementation of environmental regulations to ensure Canada's standards are competitive and enable sustainability goals of retailers
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Regulation, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
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Financial Institutions
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Formerly Bill C-243 - An Act to Amend the Payment Card Network Act (credit card acceptance fees)
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Government Procurement
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Government Procurement and "Buy Canada" policies. RCC discusses on a regular basis how procurement rules should not impact Canadian based companies in any negative manner.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
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Agriculture, Consumer Issues
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Grocery and Cost of Food remains a high priority concern for Canadians and for the food sector. Our discussions surround cost of food and inputs, the implementation of the industry led Grocery Code of Conduct, and other relevant subjects.
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Policies or Program, Regulation, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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International Trade
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International Trade - Request for Tarriff Relief for Retail Goods
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Regulation, Policies or Program
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Labour
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Labour disruptions that impact retail supply chains and the retail industry
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Policies or Program
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Taxation and Finance
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Proposed changes to the tax treatment of privately held corporations
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Taxation and Finance
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Proposed changes to the tax treatment of privately held corporations; concerns with income distribution by family businesses and passive investments.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Industry, Internal Trade
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Proposed legislation and policies related to prevention of forced and child labour in Canadian supply chains.
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Policies or Program, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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International Trade
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RCC is interested in seeing the elimination of import duties that still exist on finished goods.
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Policies or Program
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Agriculture, Animal Welfare, Consumer Issues, Fisheries, International Trade
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RCC is interested in working with government to see regulations related to food safety and consumer product safety harmonizes with similar regulations that exist in the united states.
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Policies or Program
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Justice and Law Enforcement
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Retail Crime and General Crime Legislation. RCC is advocating for changes to criminal justice systems to enable a decrease in violent retail crime. This includes asking for tighter bail through reform.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
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Agriculture, Animal Welfare, Environment
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Safe Food for Canadian Act, formerly Bill S-11, An Act respecting food commodities, including their inspection, their safety, their labelling and advertising, their import, export and interprovincial trade, the establishment of standards for them, the registration or licensing of persons who perform certain activities related to them, the establishment of standards governing establishments where those activities are performed and the registration of establishments where those activities are performed.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Retail Council of Canada (RCC) is a national not-for-profit organization representing more than 45,000 storefronts including independent retailers, regional and national chain stores, discount, and department stores. RCC provides an extensive range of services including group buying services, national conferences and government relations for its members. Building on past successes through our close partnerships with the grocery sector, RCC is entering a new era of collaboration with the launch of our grocery division. The purpose of the new division is to provide a strategic focus on Grocery Retailing. In addition, RCC will build on synergies within the grocery and general mass merchandise categories to provide increased benefits and efficiencies for all retailers. For more information, visit our website at www.retailcouncil.org.
Kim Furlong, President & Chief Executive Officer
Address:
1881 Yonge Street, Suite 800
Toronto, ON M4S 3C4
Canada
Telephone number:
416-467-3766