The Coalition of BC Businesses

The Coalition of BC Businesses was formed in 1992 to represent the voice of small and medium-sized businesses in the development of BC's labour and employment policies. Te Coalition is made up of organizations that collectively represent over 50,000 small and medium-sized businesses active in all sectors of BC's diverse economy in communities throughout the province. The Coalition's sole focus is the development of labour policies that will help foster a positive relationship between employers and employees and a climate for new economic growth, opportunities and jobs.

The Drive Out the Tax Coalition

The Drive Out the Tax Coalition is a growing broad based coalition of over 30 businesses, organizations and associations from retail, hospitality, business, representing parking at businesses post secondary institutions, healthcare and office buildings in Metro Vancouver.

The Fair Tax Coalition

The ultimate goal of the Fair Tax Coalition, in which Shelfspace is a proud member, is to bring equity back to civic taxation in Vancouver. The Fair Tax Coalition is proposing a gradual 10-year program to morph the property tax structure into a user-pay model whereby each property class pays for what they use. This is a gradual solution establishing a realistic and sustainable way to ensure a more equitable relationship between the taxes paid by the various classes of property. Find out more about the Commercial Property Tax.

The Small Business Roundtable

Mark Startup, President & CEO of Shelfspace is a member of the Ministry of Small Business' Small Business Roundtable.  This Roundtable Group offers feedback to help BC develop a strong environment conducive to small business development and growth.  Members of the Roundtable travel around British Columbia to conduct small business consultations and tours in order to further enhance government's understanding of regional and industry-specific issues and successes.  If you have ideas you would like to be brought before the Roundtable, please email Mark Startup directly.

The StopStickingItToUs Coalition

The StopStickingItToUs Coalition is a group of Canadian associations, led by Retail Council of Canada and backed by over 250,000 businesses from coast-to-coast, that is standing up to the Big Credit Card Companies to put a stop to skyrocketing fees. Coalition members intend to act as interveners in the process and fight to keep Interac from moving ahead with this change as it will be detrimental to merchants and all Canadians.

The Retail Safety Society

The Retail Safety Society is a group of retailers who are committed to providing a healthy and safe work environment in our respective companies through the sharing of best practices and ideas and maintaining the philosophy: There are no trade secrets with health and safety and no cost to be a part of the Retail Safety Society. Together we represent over 40,000 workers in BC & Alberta. We encourage other retailers to join us.

Current Retail Members:
• B.C. Liquor Distribution
• Best Buy Canada Ltd
• Costco Wholesale
• H.Y. Louie/Tober Enterprises Ltd.
• Home Depot Canada
• Hudson’s Bay Company
• Kerrisdale Cameras Ltd
• London Drugs Limited
• Mountain Equipment Co-op
• Otter Co-op
• Overwaitea Food Group
• Rogers Video
• Rona
• Safeway
• Sears Canada
• Staples

Contact Linda Hudson, Kerrisdale Cameras for more information.