January 27, 2025 – Toronto Today, the Convenience Industry Council of Canada (which represents corner store distributors, manufacturers, and retailers across Ontario) provided the following statement in response to the Financial Accountability Officer’s report. The statement is attributable to Anne Kothawala, President & CEO of the Convenience Industry Council of Canada: “The Ontario […]
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The Convenience Industry Council of Canada (CICC) applauds today’s announcement on Fortress Am-Can, a renewed strategic alliance between Canada and the United States, specifically a commitment to strengthen Canada’s border with the US by cracking down on the cross-border trade of illicit goods including contraband tobacco. “The reality is contraband costs us all,” said CICC
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POUR DIFFUSION IMMÉDIATE Le 20 novembre 2024 (OTTAWA) – Le crime organisé qui se livre au trafic de drogue, d’armes à feu et de tabac profite de la croissance du marché du tabac de contrebande au Canada, en engrangeant près de 1,3milliard dedollars, ce qui a pour eDet d’entraver les détaillants respectueux de la loi.
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FOR IMMEDIATERELEASE November20,2024 (OTTAWA) – Organized crime, trafficking in drugs, guns and tobacco, are cashing in on Canada’s growing contraband tobacco market, racking in almost $1.3billion– shuttering law-abiding retailers in the process. A new study conducted by EY Canada, commissioned by the Convenience Industry Council of Canada (CICC) finds the illicit tobacco market is booming,
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CICC Frustrated and Disappointed with Status Quo Alcohol Sales FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 2, 2024: The Convenience Industry Council of Canada (CICC) responded to Danielle Smith’s announcement today that Alberta will maintain a duopoly for the sale of beverage alcohol in the province. Today’s announcement not to allow c-stores to sell beverage alcohol is un-Albertan. Premier
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April 9, 2024 A Path Forward for Beverage Alcohol Retail Expansion A Made-in-Alberta Framework for Convenience Stores The Convenience Industry Council of Canada (CICC) is a national, not-for-profit council that represents more than 23,000 convenience retailers nationwide. Our sector employs more than 190,000 Canadians and generates an estimated $53 billion in economic impact from coast
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With the overall goal of restricting youth access, some provincial governments, including Newfoundlandand Labrador, have floated the idea of implementing a generational ban on tobacco.If adopted, this policy will make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born after a set base year,resulting in an eventual overall prohibition of tobacco products.This radical approach is
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Minister Mark Holland and the Trudeau government have chosen to ignore law-abiding retailers, in favour of organized criminals who are willing to sell nicotine products to young people. Limiting the sale of nicotine pouches exclusively to pharmacies reduces access to cessation products and does nothing to curb the supply of unregulated products readily available online,
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Ontario convenience and grocery retailers now have a gold-standard training program developed for industry by industry. The Convenience Industry Council of Canada’s comprehensive online training program, ID Please: Selling Alcohol Beverages Responsibly (SABR) has received approval from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario for retail licensees and employees involved in the sale, service, and
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TORONTO, August 21, 2023 – Making wishes come true. Making communities stronger. That’s the over-arching goal of the Convenience Industry Council of Canada’s (CICC) National Convenience Week taking place August 28-September 1. The week-long event features community leaders and elected officials dropping by their local convenience store to say thanks to the industry’s frontline workers,