12-Month Lobbying Summary - Organization

Retail Council of Canada / Diane Brisebois, President & CEO

Registration Summary

Currently active - Last Updated: 2024-03-14

Who is lobbying?

Retail Council of Canada (Address & business activities)

Diane Brisebois, President & CEO

Government Funding

Did Retail Council of Canada request or receive government funding within the last 12 months? Yes

Coalition Members Information

Retail Council of Canada is not a coalition member.

Direct Interests of the Lobbying Activity

Affiliates

Retail Council of Canada does not have any affiliates that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activities

Other Affiliates

The activities of Retail Council of Canada are not controlled or directed by another person or organization with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking

Contributors with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

No person or organization contributed over $1000CDN, within the preceding 12 months, toward the lobbying activity on behalf of Retail Council of Canada:

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activities

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Will any of the lobbyists listed within this registration arrange a meeting between a public office holder and any other individual for the purpose of attempting to influence any of the matters listed below:

Yes

Subject matters added through an Lobbying Activity Report:
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications	Intended Outcomes	Associated Subject Matters
Amendment Bicycle Safety Helmet Standards Regulation to include relevant European Union standard	Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation	Transportation
Sent letter and met with designated office holders in order to increase stakeholder consultation in regard to bill 12, the public health accountability and cost recovery act.	Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly	Justice and Law Enforcement
Suggest an amendment of Section 8 (2) (f) of the Recycling Regulation to clarify that all producer responsibility agencies with approved stewardship plans are required to publish independently audited financial statements.	Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation	Environment
Subject matters added through an Lobbying Activity Report:
Encourage more stakeholder consultation regarding bill 12, the public health accountability and cost recovery act.	Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly	Justice and Law Enforcement

Subject matter details in previous versions

Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications	Intended Outcomes	Associated Subject Matters
Advocacy and fact-seeking regarding the obligation imposed by Bill 6 for businesses to collect PST for online marketplace services	Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Economic Development and Trade, Small Business, Taxation and Finance
Advocacy letter regarding the implementation of the Patterson report by Government and WorkSafeBC to the current workers' compensation system.	Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Employment and Training, Labour/Labour Relations, Small Business
Single-Use and Plastic Waste Regulation	Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Environment, Small Business
Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Waste Management	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Environment

Gifts or benefits provided by the organization

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders
Name	Gift or Benefit Description	Circumstance	Date Promised	Value Promised	Date Given	Value Given
No Records

Who is being lobbied?

Ministries/Provincial Entities

Attorney General
Environment and Climate Change Strategy
Finance
Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation
Labour
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Office of the Premier
Transportation and Infrastructure
WorkSafeBC

Ministries/Provincial Entities in previous versions
- Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation

Who are the lobbyists?

In-house Lobbyists

Lobbyist

Contributions

Diane Brisebois
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: Yes
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization on or after 2017-04-11 and before 2020-09-21: Yes	Political: No Sponsorship: No Recall: No
Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2020-09-21: Yes	Political: No Sponsorship: No Recall: No

Avery Bruenjes
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: Yes
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization on or after 2017-04-11 and before 2020-09-21: Yes	Political: No Sponsorship: No Recall: No
Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2020-09-21: Yes	Political: No Sponsorship: No Recall: No

Karl Littler
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: Yes
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization on or after 2017-04-11 and before 2020-09-21: Yes	Political: No Sponsorship: No Recall: No
Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2020-09-21: Yes	Political: No Sponsorship: No Recall: No

Greg Wilson
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: Yes
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization on or after 2017-04-11 and before 2020-09-21: Yes	Political: Yes Sponsorship: No Recall: No
Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2020-09-21: Yes	Political: Yes Sponsorship: No Recall: No

Registration number: 6788-2539
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Lobbying Activity Reports

What lobbying activities have taken place in the last 12 months?

What lobbying activities have taken place in the last 12 months?
Date	Arranging a Meeting	Lobbyists	Senior Public Office Holder, Position Title \| Ministry/Provincial Entity	Subject Matters
2024-03-28	No	Greg Wilson	Pam Alexis, MLA for Abbotsford-Mission \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Brittny Anderson, MLA for Nelson-Creston \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Dan Ashton, MLA for Penticton \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Michele Babchuk, MLA for North Island \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Brenda Bailey, MLA for Vancouver-False Creek \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Harry Bains, MLA for Surrey-Newton \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Bruce Banman, MLA for Abbotsford South \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Lisa Beare, MLA for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Garry Begg, MLA for Surrey-Guildford \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Mike Bernier, MLA for Peace River South \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Shirley Bond, MLA for Prince George-Valemount \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Jagrup Brar, MLA for Surrey-Fleetwood \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Barbara Carmichael, A/Deputy Attorney General \| Justice Services Branch, Attorney General Spencer Chandra Herbert, MLA for Vancouver-West End \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Susie Chant, MLA for North Vancouver-Seymour \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Katrina Chen, MLA for Burnaby-Lougheed \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Raj Chouhan, MLA for Burnaby-Edmonds \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly George Chow, MLA for Vancouver-Fraserview \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Doug Clovechok, MLA for Columbia River-Revelstoke \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Katrine Conroy, MLA for Kootenay West \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Dan Coulter, MLA for Chilliwack \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Nathan Cullen, MLA for Stikine \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Dan Davies, MLA for Peace River North \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Michael de Jong, MLA for Abbotsford West \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Mitzi Dean, MLA for Esquimalt-Metchosin \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Bob D'Eith, MLA for Maple Ridge-Mission \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Adrian Dix, MLA for Vancouver-Kingsway \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Lorne Doerkson, MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Fin Donnelly, MLA for Coquitlam-Burke Mountain \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Megan Dykeman, MLA for Langley East \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly David Eby, MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Mable Elmore, MLA for Vancouver-Kensington \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Kevin Falcon, MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Mike Farnworth, MLA for Port Coquitlam \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Rob Fleming, MLA for Victoria-Swan Lake \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Sonia Furstenau, MLA for Cowichan Valley \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Rick Glumac, MLA for Port Moody-Coquitlam \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Kelly Greene, MLA for Richmond-Steveston \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Trevor Halford, MLA for Surrey-White Rock \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Derrick Harder, Chief of Staff \| Minister's Office, Attorney General George Heyman, MLA for Vancouver-Fairview \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Ravi Kahlon, MLA for Delta North \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Anne Kang, MLA for Burnaby-Deer Lake \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Karin Kirkpatrick, MLA for West Vancouver-Capilano \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Greg Kyllo, MLA for Shuswap \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Michael Lee, MLA for Vancouver-Langara \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Ronna-Rae Leonard, MLA for Courtenay-Comox \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Norm Letnick, MLA for Kelowna-Lake Country \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Grace Lore, MLA for Victoria-Beacon Hill \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Bowinn Ma, MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Sheila Malcolmson, MLA for Nanaimo \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Andrew Mercier, MLA for Langley \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Renee Merrifield, MLA for Kelowna-Mission \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Peter Milobar, MLA for Kamloops-North Thompson \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Mike Morris, MLA for Prince George-Mackenzie \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Coralee Oakes, MLA for Cariboo North \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Adam Olsen, MLA for Saanich North and the Islands \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Josie Osborne, MLA for Mid Island-Pacific Rim \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Kelli Paddon, MLA for Chilliwack-Kent \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Ravi Parmar, MLA for Langford-Juan de Fuca \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Ian Paton, MLA for Delta South \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Joan Phillip, MLA for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Lana Popham, MLA for Saanich South \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Bruce Ralston, MLA for Surrey-Whalley \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Murray Rankin, MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Jennifer Rice, MLA for North Coast \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Selina Robinson, MLA for Coquitlam-Maillardville \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Ellis Ross, MLA for Skeena \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Janet Routledge, MLA for Burnaby North \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Doug Routley, MLA for Nanaimo-North Cowichan \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Roly Russell, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly John Rustad, MLA for Nechako Lakes \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Shannon Salter, Deputy Minister \| Office of the Premier Harwinder Sandhu, MLA for Vernon-Monashee \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Niki Sharma, MLA for Vancouver-Hastings \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Tom Shypitka, MLA for Kootenay East \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Nicholas Simons, MLA for Powell River-Sunshine Coast \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Jinny Sims, MLA for Surrey-Panorama \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Aman Singh, MLA for Richmond-Queensborough \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Rachna Singh, MLA for Surrey-Green Timbers \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Mike Starchuk, MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Ben Stewart, MLA for Kelowna West \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Todd Stone, MLA for Kamloops-South Thompson \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Jordan Sturdy, MLA for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Elenore Sturko, MLA for Surrey South \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Jackie Tegart, MLA for Fraser-Nicola \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Adam Walker, MLA for Parksville-Qualicum \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Teresa Wat, MLA for Richmond North Centre \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Jennifer Whiteside, MLA for New Westminster \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Henry Yao, MLA for Richmond South Centre \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2023-08-08	Yes	Greg Wilson	Brenda Bailey, MLA for Vancouver-False Creek \| Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation David Eby, MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey \| Premier, Office of the Premier George Heyman, MLA for Vancouver-Fairview \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Kevin Jardine, Deputy Minister \| Deputy Minister's Office, Environment and Climate Change Strategy Fazil Mihlar, Deputy Minister \| Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation Laurel Nash, Assistant Deputy Minister \| Environmental Protection Division, Environment and Climate Change Strategy Shannon Salter, Deputy Minister \| Office of the Premier	View
2023-07-26	No	Greg Wilson	Laurel Nash, Assistant Deputy Minister \| Environmental Protection Division, Environment and Climate Change Strategy Sonya Sundberg, Executive Director \| Environmental Standards Branch, Environment and Climate Change Strategy	View

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Retail Council of Canada - Address & business activities

Address:

1021 Hastings Street W
9th Floor
Vancouver, BC V6E 0C3
Canada

Telephone number: 416-467-3757

Contact information in previous versions
- 885 West Georgia
  Suite 1480
  Vancouver, BC V6C 3E8
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 416-467-3757
- 890 West Pender Street, Suite
  890 West Pender Street
  Vancouver, BC V6C 1J9
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 416-467-3757
- 890 West Pender Street, Suite
  890 West Pender Street
  Vancouver, BC V6C 1J9
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 604-736-0368
- 410-890 West Pender Street
  
  Vancouver, BC V6C 1J9
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 604-736-0368
- 209-1730 West 2nd Avenue
  
  Vancouver, BC V6J 1H6
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 604-736-0368
- 209-1730 West 2nd Avenue
  209-1730 West 2nd Avenue
  Vancouver, BC V6J 1H6
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 604-730-5254

Description of Activities:
Retail is Canada's largest employer with over 2.1 million Canadians working in our industry. The sector annually generates over $76 billion in wages and employee benefits. Core retail sales (excluding vehicles and gasoline) were $369 billion in 2017. Retail Council of Canada (RCC) members represent more than two-thirds of core retail sales in the country. RCC is a not-for-profit industry-funded association that represents small, medium and large retail businesses in every community across the country. As the Voice of Retail¿ in Canada, we proudly represent more than 45,000 storefronts in all retail formats, including department, grocery, specialty, discount, independent retailers and online merchants.

Descriptions of the organization's activity in previous versions:
- Retail is Canada's largest employer with over 2.1 million Canadians working in our industry. The sector annually generates over $76 billion in wages and employee benefits. Core retail sales (excluding vehicles and gasoline) were $369 billion in 2017. Retail Council of Canada (RCC) members represent more than two-thirds of core retail sales in the country. RCC is a not-for-profit industry-funded association that represents small, medium and large retail businesses in every community across the country. As the Voice of Retail¿ in Canada, we proudly represent more than 45,000 storefronts in all retail formats, including department, grocery, specialty, discount, independent retailers and online merchants.
- Retail Council of Canada is a not-for-profit industry-funded association and represents independent, medium and large retail stores in every community across the country. As the Voice of Retail we proudly represent more than 45,000 storefronts in all retail formats, including department, grocery, specialty, discount, independent retailers and online merchants.
- Retail Council of Canada is a not-for-profit industry-funded association and represents small, medium and large retail business in every community across the country. As the Voice of Canadian retailers we proudly represent more than 45,000 storefronts in all retail formats, including department, grocery, specialty, discount, independent retailers and online merchants.
- Trade association for the retail industry. RCC is the Voice of Retail. We have more than 45,000 member storefronts across Canada. Retail is British Columbia's largest private sector employer. In 2013, we employed nearly 300,000 British Columbians.

Received Government Funding

The Received Government Funding table below is not intended to be additive. Adding all of the entries together does not necessarily provide an accurate sum of all government funding received. There may be redundancy (reporting of the same funding more than once) caused by overlap in the "Date/Period Received" between 2 or more entries.

Source of Government Funding	Funding Received	Date/Period Received
Province of Manitoba - Retail Crime Task Force Project	$65,000.00	2023-01-02 to 2023-12-29
Province of Ontario - AODA Enabling Retail Project	$119,800.00	2023-01-02 to 2023-12-29
Province of Ontario - Preventing Cybercrimes in Retail	$55,000.00	2023-01-02 to 2023-12-29
Province of Quebec - OQLF Retail Trade French Language Project	$114,375.00	2023-01-02 to 2023-12-29

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Date Modified:: 2024-01-29

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