Media Advisory - Federal budget: Retail Council of Canada spokespeople available for comment Français
TORONTO, March 21, 2016 /CNW/ - Senior representatives from Retail Council of Canada (RCC) are available for comment following the Federal Budget announcement on Tuesday March 22, 2016.
RCC President & CEO Diane J. Brisebois and Karl Littler, Vice President, Public Affairs will be available after the budget is tabled at 4:00 pm ET.
RCC Spokespeople present in Ottawa on budget day:
Diane J. Brisebois
President & CEO
Retail Council of Canada
Karl Littler
Vice President, Public Affairs
Retail Council of Canada
The following RCC spokespeople are also available in English and French respectively:
Dave Wilkes
Senior Vice President, Government Relations
Retail Council of Canada
Toronto
Nathalie St-Pierre
Executive Director, Quebec
Retail Council of Canada
Montreal
Retail is Canada's largest employer with 2.2 million Canadians working in our industry. The sector annually generates payroll of $60 billion and $350 billion in sales (excluding vehicles and gasoline) as of 2014. Retail Council of Canada (RCC) members' represent more than two thirds of retail sales in the country. RCC 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.
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SOURCE Retail Council of Canada
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For English media inquiries, please contact Devon Pool at 416-467-3778 or via email at [email protected]. For French media inquiries, please contact Maxime P. Leduc at 514-449-3008 or via email at [email protected].
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