Registration - In-house Organization

Canadian Convenience Stores Association / Association Canadienne des Depanneurs en Alimentation / Satinder Chera, President

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Canadian Convenience Stores Association / Association Canadienne des Depanneurs en Alimentation
Responsible Officer Name: Satinder Chera, President
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2008-02-19
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 931839-16720

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 104

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 11 of 16 (2015-08-25 to 2016-03-07)

Registration versions:

Version 11 of 16 (2015-08-25 to 2016-03-07)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matters

Aboriginal Affairs
Agriculture
Arts and Culture
Constitutional Issues
Consumer Issues
Employment and Training
Environment
Financial Institutions
Health
Immigration
Industry
Internal Trade
International Trade
Justice and Law Enforcement
Labour
Regional Development
Small Business
Taxation and Finance
Tourism

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Age-Verification programs - Currently the Canadian Convenience Store Association (CCSA) utilizes a age verification system that it has created for its members called We Expect ID. The system was developed to educate and train retail employees how to properly check for ID when selling age restricted products. The CCSA is seeking government support in making this program, or a variation of it, mandatory for all retailers across Canada.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Contraband Tobacco - The Canadian Convenience Store Association (CCSA) represents over 30,000 independent and chain community based convenience stores. A significant percentage of their revenue is gained through legal tobacco sales. The growth and proliferation of illegal contraband tobacco in communities across Canada has caused significant financial hardship for many small business owners within the CCSA. In addition the societal problems created through increased youth accessibility and organized crime is also a concern. Our lobbying efforts on this issue relate primarily to raising awareness of the growing problem of contraband and encouraging governments to consider a variety of solutions to tackle the problem. Some of the solutions proposed include increased enforcement, changes to the tax structure on legal tobacco, public awareness campaigns, banning youth possession and border security

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation

Credit Card Fees - As a member of the Retail Council of Canada, the Canadian Convenience Store Association (CCSA) is interested in government regulation and policies pertaining to rising admininstration fees, associated from credit card purchases, charged to vendors from credit card companies and financial institutions. The CCSA is recommending limits to what credit card companies can charge vendors as a percentage of each sale. While there is no specific legislation targeted at this time there has been siginificant discussions lately from the Ministry of Finance about this issue

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
Competition Tribunal (CT)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Environment Canada
Finance Canada (FIN)
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
Health Canada (HC)
Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)
Industry Canada
Members of the House of Commons
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Senate of Canada
Service Canada (ServCan)
Solicitor General Canada (SGC)

Government institutions added through a monthly communication report

House of Commons

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

The CCSA is a non-profit trade association that represents the interests of Canada's convenience store industry and the communities they serve on issues including merchant credit card fees, contraband tobacco, responsible community retailing, nutritional labeling, over-regulation and taxation and is the creator and manager of We ID, a national age-verification training program.

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Alex Scholten, President

Organization's membership or classes of membership

The CCSA has three membership classes that include all participants in the convenience store industry in Canada including retailers, product and service manufacturers/vendors and wholesalers/distributors.

Government funding

No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
Unit 103
220 Wyecroft Rd.
Oakville, ON L6K 3V1
Canada

Telephone number: 905-845-9339
Fax number: 905-845-9340

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

Michel Gadbois, Senior Vice President | No public offices held
Alex Scholten, President | No public offices held

Canadian Convenience Stores Association/Association Canadienne des Depanneurs en Alimentation

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

Name	From	To
Canadian Convenience Stores Association/Association Canadienne des Depanneurs en Alimentation	2009-06-15	2018-10-30

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

Canadian Convenience Stores Association/Association Canadienne des Depanneurs en Alimentation

Canadian Convenience Stores Association / Association Canadienne des Depanneurs en Alimentation

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Satinder Chera	2017-05-20	2018-10-30
Alex Scholten	2011-11-01	2016-09-23
Dave Bryans	2008-02-19	2011-04-02

Date Modified:: 2026-05-11

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Registration - In-house Organization

Canadian Convenience Stores Association / Association Canadienne des Depanneurs en Alimentation / Satinder Chera, President

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 11 of 16 (2015-08-25 to 2016-03-07)

Version 11 of 16 (2015-08-25 to 2016-03-07)

Subject Matters

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Government institutions added through a monthly communication report

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization