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<\/a>And one that is now part of the A list – and not the least – is the new Retail Council of Canada – Quebec<\/a>\u00a0President & CEO,\u00a0Marc Fortin<\/strong>.<\/p>\nA vast experience in the retail world<\/h5>\n
Aged 54, Fortin has been working for nearly 15 years in the retail community in Canada. Far from being a stranger in the field, he enjoys a very rich network of contacts that extends in all 10 provinces, having been for ten years Consultant at first and then President of\u00a0NACDA, the National Convenience Stores Distributors Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n As one of the industry’s backbone associations, it was NACDA<\/a> that, in the mid-2000s, spearheaded the efforts, vision and business plan that ultimately led to the creation of the Canadian Convenience Stores Association (CCSA)<\/a> and its four regional components (Maritimes and Quebec while Ontario and Western Canada chapters already existed). NACDA<\/a> is now an integral part of this organization.<\/p>\n Announced in January 2018, Fortin’s appointment as RCC-Quebec<\/a>\u00a0President & CEO is in a way the logical career outcome of someone who spent most of his life improving the business environment of retailers.<\/p>\n Barely a month after his arrival, he gladly agreed to grant his first interview as RCC-Quebec<\/a> President to DepQu\u00e9bec<\/strong>.<\/p>\n DepQu\u00e9bec:<\/strong> Marc Fortin, first of all, congratulations on your recent appointment.<\/p>\n MF:<\/strong> Thank you!<\/p>\n DepQu\u00e9bec:<\/strong> In your view, what can the\u00a0RCC-Quebec<\/a>\u00a0do for retailers in Quebec?<\/p>\n MF:<\/strong> The RCC is an important national organization. We have important resources, more interesting budgets. We are supported by national members of all sizes. We are very active in Ottawa, and we are closely following major issues such as the renegotiation of the free trade agreement with the United States. We sponsor studies that influence different governments. All of these resources are there, available, for advancing retailers’ agenda.<\/p>\n
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MF:<\/strong> As much as the ADA (Quebec Food Retailers Association) is important or the QCSA and all the others … all have different insights and approaches while our members and stakeholders are often the same or different. I think we can work together: that’s important. We are not here to go to war against other retailer groups. We can sit down with the ADA and discuss issues, just like with the CQCD and the Conseil du patronat. Hence, this is what we are about to do next with the ADA, review together our alignment on various issues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n