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Retail Council of Canada (RCC) is pleased to provide comments on behalf of its members as part of Health Canada’s and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) consultation on the Draft Joint P...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

Following 102 consecutive days of closures for non-essential retailers in Toronto and Peel, Premier Ford announced a short while ago that both will be moved into the grey zone of the provincial framew...Learn More

UPDATE: Ontario regions re-opening under colour code framework on February 16, 2021 Ontario announced retail reopening, something that RCC has been working on continuously for many weeks. Reopening wi...Learn More

Retail Council of Canada (RCC) is pleased that Premier Ford provided encouraging news to retailers today on the province’s reopening plan.  Allowing ‘non-essential’ retailers to reopen at 25% c...Learn More

The Government of Canada has agreed to RCC’s requests to: Not move forward with the Front-of-Pack food labelling at this time; Focus efforts on education and compliance promotion, rather than tradit...Learn More

Due to the increase in cases of COVID-19 in pasts weeks and the large amount of contaminations observed during the holiday season, the Quebec government has announced a series of additional containmen...Learn More

Based on RCC’s request, Health Canada published supplemental guidance photos for its Corded Window Coverings Test Method (M22) last week to help retailers, test labs, and manufacturers better unders...Learn More

Following a steady rise in the number of COVID-19 cases and the upcoming holiday season, the Quebec government has announced new containment measures for retailers. There will be a closure of non-esse...Learn More

RCC was able to advocate for and simplify regulations for quick service restaurant retailers when in Yellow level restriction. Customers in cars accessing food via drive through windows will no longer...Learn More