October 3, 2024 Minister Horner, On behalf of the Convenience Industry Council of Canada, (CICC) please take into consideration our priorities for the upcoming 2025 Alberta budget. We are a national, not-for-profit council that represents more than 22,000 convenience retailers nationwide. Our sector employs more than 200,000 Canadians and generates an estimated $53 billion in […]
Alberta Takes a Giant LEAP Backwards
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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A Path Forward for Beverage Alcohol Retail Expansion
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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The Questionable Strategy of a Generational Tobacco Ban inNewfoundland and Labrador
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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CICC Responds to New Restrictive Regulations on Nicotine Pouches
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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CICC’s ID Please: SABR Approved by AGCO
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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National Convenience Week 2023: Chasing one-million-dollar fundraising total for Make-A-Wish Canada
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,
Statement from the Convenience Industry Council of Canada in Response to theFall Economic Update
November 3rd, 2022 – Toronto, Ontario – The following is a statement from Anne Kothawala, President and CEO of the Convenience Industry Council of Canada, on the release of the federal government’s 2022 fall economic statement: “The Convenience Industry Council of Canada (CICC) is pleased that the government has responded to our calls for action