Response To LCBO Expansion Stores In Grocery
Ontario’s modest LCBO kiosk plan fails to tackle 87-year-old Beer Store monopoly However OCSA retailers agree that principle of expanded alcohol retailing a good one The Ontario government’s alcohol retailing plan, where it will entertain opening a handful of new LCBO kiosks in grocery stores, was conspicuous for failing to break the stranglehold the foreign-owned […]
Crime Stoppers Contraband Campaign
Toronto Crime Stopper launched a contraband awareness campaign to help protect communities from the distribution of illegal untaxed tobacco and other products. Please click on the following link to view the campaign poster. Toronto Crime Stoppers
Canada Post Increases Prices Of Stamps
Canada Post announced an increase of stamps to $1.00. For customers wishing to buy stamps in booklets or coils, the new cost will be $0.85. These measures were required given declining volume of mail.
CRA – Tobacco Tax Increase
Federal Tobacco Tax Increase: CRA Communiacation On February 11, 2014, the Government of Canada announced in its Budget, proposals to amend the Excise Act, 2001 to increase the excise duty rates on tobacco products and to impose a tax on stamped duty-paid cigarettes held in inventory at 12:01am on February 12, 2014. For more information, […]
Tobacco Sales Bulletin
Ontario is making it easier for clerks to verify the age of customer who want to purchase tobacco products. Effective January this year, Ontario driver’s licenses and phto ID cards issued to persons under 19 years of age will show the date that they turn 19. The words AGE 19/ANS followed by the date the […]
Race is On Gala – Monday, March 17th
11th Annual OCSA Race is On Gala Monday, March 17, 2014 – Woodbine Race Track Tickets: $500.00 per person Guest speaker: Dr. Eric Hoskins – Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Employment The Ontario Convenience Stores Association (OCSA) is pleased to kick off the week with their annual gala event known as ‘The Race is On’. This […]
Angus Reid Opinion Poll – 69% of Ontarians Want Beer Sold in More than the Beer Store
A newly-released study of Ontarians attitudes toward beer sales shows that seven out of ten (69%) want to see more private retailers, like convenience stores, offer competition to The Beer Store. The study, conducted by Angus Reid Public Opinion, concluded that support for allowing private retailers to compete with both the LCBO and The Beer […]
Shocking Contraband Butt Study Results
The Ontario Convenience Store Association, the OCSA, released an updated study of contraband cigarette butts found in random locations. Research firm NIRIC identified 136 sites in Ontario where people smoked, including outside hospitals, schools, casinos, government offices, shopping centres and GO Train and other public transit stops. NIRIC swept up cigarette butts and then sent them […]
British Columbia Looks To Modernize Alcohol Sales
The government of British Columbia is pondering whether residents should be able to add liquor to their weekly grocery list, as the provincial government looks to modernize provincial liquor laws. Allowing alcohol sales at grocery stores is one of 70 recommendations in a report submitted this week to the provincial justice minister by John Yap, […]
Changes in the Smoke Free Tobacco Act in Ontario
The Minister of Health made announcements today concerning changes to the Smoke Free Tobacco Act in Ontario and below please find the highlights of this announcement as well as link to the announcement and the OCSA press release of late today. We will have the opportunity to meet with various MPP’s and present options as […]