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B.C. budget 2023: A missed opportunity to address top industry concerns of rising business inflation costs and labour shortages

Restaurants Canada is pleased to see B.C.’s provincial budget includes no business income tax increases, but rather offers…

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2023 Alberta budget: A missed opportunity to address the province’s foodservice sector affordability challenges

Alberta’s restaurant sector appreciates the province’s focus in the 2023 budget on alleviating skyrocketing inflationary costs, and its…

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Restaurants Canada welcomes win for restaurateurs with Vancouver City Council’s vote to scrap single-use cup fee

Vancouver City Council has voted to end the city’s 25-cent single-use cup fee after receiving resounding feedback from…

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Restaurants Canada Announces Jennifer Henshaw, Vice President of the Prairies, and the North

Restaurants Canada continues to expand its national team: Jennifer Henshaw will now serve as the Regional Vice President…

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The Latest on Canada’s Ban on Single-Use Plastics: Timelines and Alternatives for Restaurant Operators

In June of this year, the Government of Canada published the Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations. The Regulations prohibit…

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Restaurants Canada Welcomes Ontario Government Action on Tax Relief and Support for Vulnerable Workers

Restaurants Canada applauded the Province of Ontario for yesterday’s Fall Economic Statement and the new measures aimed at…

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Restaurants Canada applauds federal government for plans to welcome 1.4 M newcomers by 2025

Restaurants Canada applauds the federal government’s announcement to increase immigration targets and to use immigration as a strategy…

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Credit Card Surcharging: Here’s What You Need to Know

As a restaurateur, you’re charged fees by your payment processor so you can offer customers the option to pay by credit card. Rising credit card “interchange” and other fees have long been a major source of concern to Restaurants Canada members.

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Second farm gate price increase of 2022 set to add to restaurant costs

Dairy products, under supply management in Canada, are subject to a price adjustment yearly. The last pricing decision…

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Foodservice singled out in single-use plastics ban

Today, Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, and the Minister of Health, the…