DepQuébec Launches the First Complete and Affordable Solution to Avoid Fines for Retailers
Finally!… many will say. The first ever complete and affordable solution to avoid fines for tobacco sale to minors is
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Due Diligence
Documentation center on best practices and legal decisions regarding the concept of due diligence that allows retailers to be acquitted of a charge of selling tobacco to a minor.
It’s Not Complicated: Put Up No-Smoking Cannabis Signs Everywhere!
Most got it but many are still scratching their head. As a matter of fact, several c-store owners do not
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Quebec’s Strict Vaping Regulation Does Nothing to Promote A Less Harmful Alternative To Tobacco
If you thought Ontario is a prude province compared to Quebec, think again. When it comes to vaping products, it’s
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Even Though He’s Not Allowed To Buy Tobacco, A Minor Can Sell It And Request ID Legally
For this second legal monthly column brought to you by Deveau Lawyers, Jean-Philippe Maurice answers a question from Julie Fortin, owner of Tabagie
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Legal Commentary On The ALERT Signage
Note : DepQuébec is proud to welcome a new columnist to its team, Marc-Antoine St-Pierre, a lawyer of the firm Deveau
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EXCLUSIVE: In The City Of Longueuil, The Tobacco Police Is A Real Police!
On March 26, one month ago, a man entered the premises of a Provi-Soir depanneur located on Soucy Street in
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ALERT Signage: A New Tool To Better Prevent Fines AND Sales to Minors
Offered exclusively HERE on the DepQuebec portal, the ALERT Signage Tool provides depanneurs and tobacco retailers with a new tool to better
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EXCLUSIVE: A First Depanneur Acquitted Of Tobacco Sale To A Minor For Unfair Trial Delays (Jordan Decision)
As his smile suggests, Benoît Lalande could not be happier. All seems to indicate that he is the first c-store
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“It Is Not Reasonable To Expect A Tobacco Retailer To Control Its Employees At All Times” – Superior Court of Quebec
A single appeal judgment, which will undoubtedly serve as a precedent for convenience stores, has just reiterated that the concept
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The Incredible Case Of Ms. Liu
The following story is about a court case in which a humble chinese c-store operator fought back and won against
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