British Columbia

On April 8, 2021, BC’s Provincial Health Officer enacted a new Provincial Health Order allowing public health officials to order a workplace closed. Read details on the order. The order allows publi...Learn More

Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, today enacted a new Provincial Health Order allowing public health officials to order a workplace closed. Read details on the order.   In the announcement...Learn More

Over the past two weeks, new cases in BC have increased by 20% each week. As a result, Dr. Bonnie Henry announced the suspension of indoor dining, changes to restrictions for gatherings, and that publ...Learn More

The Employment Standards Regulation was amended to provide both part-time and full-time workers with time needed to travel and receive the vaccine or to take a dependent family member to receive the v...Learn More

WorkSafeBC (WSBC) told RCC this week that WSBC did 5,466 inspections of retail stores and 493 inspections of distribution centres during the pandemic. From those inspections, WSBC has written 470 work...Learn More

BC is adding detail to the plan to vaccinate various categories of essential service workers. To that end, RCC has agreed to assemble a list of retail distribution centres for the province’s ‘whol...Learn More

With dramatic increases in new case numbers, BC announced increased COVID-19 related restrictions effective midnight Monday, March 29, 2021. Indoor dining will no longer be permitted: restaurants, pub...Learn More

RCC is working with the B.C. public health authorities in an effort to help them plan their essential service vaccination for “wholesale/warehouses” (e.g., distribution centres). Retailers have co...Learn More

Greg Wilson, Director, Government Relations (BC) for Retail Council of Canada, says while larger outlets are in a position to hire, many smaller operations are still struggling. “Particularly for fa...Learn More

The book publishing refundable tax credit program was scheduled to expire at the end of March 2021. Instead, it will be extended five years to the end of March 2026. This credit supports Canadian book...Learn More