Vancouver cup fee to be repealed
Vancouver’s City Council has decided to repeal the controversial single-use cup fee at some point in the upcoming months. Council set a deadline of June 2023 for staff to prepare a bylaw repealing t...Learn More
Tariffs and Trade
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Port of Vancouver adds container vessel data to eHub app
The Port has included container vessel data in their eHub app (available for iPhone or Android). Effective Monday, March 14, 2022, the following data was added: • Container vessels currently at bert...Learn More
Potential Canadian Pacific strike set to affect supply chains
Last week, workers at Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway voted in favour of going on strike March 16, 2022 if a collective bargaining agreement isn’t reached. The potential strike would affect a wide ran...Learn More
Port of Vancouver: Potential container terminal expansion delay and supply chain impacts
Increased container imports and supply chain issues over the past two years have highlighted the importance to expand the Port of Vancouver (and Port of Prince Rupert) container terminal capacity. RCC...Learn More
Ongoing updates: Temporary flexibilities in labelling and cross-border transit due to B.C. supply chain issues
Since November 17, 2021, flooding in B.C. has caused numerous washouts that have resulted in challenges to the transportation of goods. In the interim, the Canadian and American governments have adjus...Learn More
RCC response to new cross-border testing policy: PCR policy change solves one problem and creates another
TORONTO – Retail Council of Canada President and CEO, Diane J. Brisebois, issued the following statement following today’s confirmation that PCR testing will remain in place for Canadian trav...Learn More
BC Government offers webinar on trade agreements for those exporting from BC or importing from international markets
The BC Ministry of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation’s Trade Policy Branch is offering a free webinar focusing on Canada’s free trade agreements and how to work within them. It includes panel...Learn More
Alert for furniture retailers and importers: Combat major anti-dumping duties coming in May 2021
As of May 5, 2021, retailers and importers will be forced to pay provisional anti-dumping tariffs estimated at 53.58% for motion and leather furniture from China and 40.18% rates for products from Vie...Learn More
RCC’s retail economic recovery plan 2021
A look at RCC’s federal pre-budget submission Retail Council of Canada presented our pre-budget submission on behalf of retailers to the federal finance minister. As the government is drafting its 2...Learn More
Introduce a new Visitor Rebate Program in Canada and help rebuild our tourism market
The tourism sector in Canada is in dire shape – the worst in its history, with international borders being effectively closed and domestic tourism being severely constrained by the impact of COVID-1...Learn More