- Member Notice: Alberta's Minimum Wage will Increase to $8.80 Per Hour on April 1
Government policy based on increased weekly average earnings for Albertans in 2008
On April 1, Alberta's minimum wage will increase from $8.40 to $8.80. The five-per-cent increase reflects 2008 growth in Alberta's weekly average earnings. - Member Notice: B.C. Government Implementing Health Care Cost Recovery Act
Retailers take note: claims not settled by April 1st will be captured by the new Act
The B.C. government will implement a new Act on April 1, 2009, giving the Province the legal tools to recover health-care costs from third parties, including retailers, and their insurers. British Columbia is the last province to establish this type of health-care cost recovery legislation. - Member Notice: P.E.I. Government Considers Tax-Inclusive Pricing
RCC Presentation to Government Strongly Opposed Unnecessary and Costly Legislation
In mid-November 2008, Prince Edward Island Liberal MLA Alan McIsaac introduced a Private Member's Bill, Bill 101: An Act to Amend the Revenue Tax Act. The Bill proposed the introduction of a legislated tax-inclusive pricing structure for the province which, if passed into law, would require retailers to include taxes in the shelf-price presented to consumers prior to check-out. In early December, Bill 101 successfully passed first reading and was sent to the Standing Committee on Community Affairs and Economic Development for public consultation in January.
| > | Payments Accountability Council Commends Federal Government For Key Announcements In Federal Budget Merchants encouraged by steps taken to ensure credit card company practices kept in-check Ottawa, March 5 — Retail Council of Canada (RCC), The Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors (CCGD) and the Payments Accountability Council (PAC), representing more than 250,000 businesses commend Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and the Government of Canada for announcing in yesterday's budget measures to rein-in the practices of credit card companies, banks and processors as they relate to the Canadian payments market. |
| > | Credit and Debit Code of Conduct a Critical Step Towards Transparency for Consumers and Merchants Ottawa, January 18 — The Payments Accountability Council (PAC) applauds government's efforts to bring clarity, transparency and merchant choice to the debit and credit card market in Canada through the Government of Canada's Code of Conduct for Credit and Debit Card Markets. |
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