Via #PressProgress

The head of the #LCBO→managing a public crown corporation @ same time as he sits on the board of a big business lobby group that is actively lobbying #DougFord’s government 2 privatize #alcohol sales

#GeorgeSoleas, the President & CEO of the #LiquorControlBoardOfOntario, a public #CrownCorporation that generates $2.5 billion in revenue for #Ontario taxpayers each year, also currently serves on board of directors of #RetailCouncilOfCanada

#corruption

https://pressprogress.ca/lcbo-president-also-sits-on-board-of-big-business-group-lobbying-doug-ford-to-privatize-alcohol-sales-in-ontario/

View #CTV News

#Quebec merchants r facing another deadline 2 comply w/new #French #language rules found in #Bill96 related 2 size of French script on signage

Businesses in the province spent millions of $$ to adjust their signs in 2019, &, 5 years later, r looking at doing it all over again.

"The rules up to now was that the French signage had to be significantly bigger, and now it has to be twice bigger," said #RetailCouncilOfCanada Quebec president #MichelRochette.

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-businesses-frustrated-at-cost-and-logistics-of-french-language-law-rules-1.6946819

Retail Council of Canada Sounds the Alarm on the Digital Services Tax

The Retail Council of Canada has added their voice to the Digital Services Tax debate. They, too, are worried about potential consequences.

https://www.freezenet.ca/retail-council-of-canada-sounds-the-alarm-on-the-digital-services-tax/

#Business #News #DST #RetailCouncilOfCanada #trade