Newfoundland and Labrador

On October 4, 2022, the federal government announced the creation of the Hurricane Fiona Recovery Fund. Details are pending, however it is known that this fund will be administered by the Atlantic Can...Learn More

As the government implemented its first of three minimum wage increases on October 1, 2022, that will ultimately bring the province’s base wage to $15.00 per hour, it has implemented the Transitiona...Learn More

RCC continues to work with emergency management organizations (EMO), RCC members, and the Red Cross to assist in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona in Atlantic Canada. Disruption in telecommunications h...Learn More

Following the government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s passage of Bill 29 last fall, Canada’s first per litre sugar sweetened beverage (SSB) tax will come into effect on September 1, 2022. T...Learn More

Newfoundland and Labrador’s Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax awareness campaign entitled Rethink Your Drink: Encouraging Healthier Beverage Choices was launched on August 11, 2022. In-store communic...Learn More

Jim Cormier, Director of Government Relations, Atlantic Canada, for Retail Council of Canada, said they have been concerned about the [sugar-sweetened beverage] tax since its announcement last year. H...Learn More

RCC has received confirmation from the Dairy Farmers of Newfoundland and Labrador that the implementation of the regulation to lower the importation threshold of out-of-province milk from 5% to 3% per...Learn More

On Thursday, July 14, 2022, at 1pm ET, RCC members who sell sugar-sweetened beverages are invited to a presentation from government officials as they demonstrate their marketing and information campai...Learn More

In late 2021, the government lowered the monthly import limit of pre-packaged milk coming into the province for processors and producers. The limit was lowered from five percent to three percent witho...Learn More

RCC continues to work with its members to push for changes to the province’s upcoming Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax (SSBT), which will come into effect on September 1, 2022. RCC worked successfully ...Learn More