Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo

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Third Party Delivery Apps (Councillor V. Murphy)

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THAT the Mayor be authorized on behalf of Council to send a letter to Honourable Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation, and Premier Jason Kenney supporting the concept of enacting a cap of no more than 15% on delivery fees on all third-party delivery apps in Alberta and urging the Government of Alberta to consider enacting legislation that focuses on these third-party apps thereby supporting independent restaurants.

Meeting History

May 25, 2021 12:00 PM Video Council Meeting

Councillor V. Murphy put forward the following for consideration:

"That the Mayor be authorized on behalf of Council to send a letter to Honourable Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation, and Premier Jason Kenney, supporting the concept of enacting a cap of no more than 15% on delivery fees on all third-party delivery app0s in Alberta and urging the Government of Alberta to consider enacting legislation that focuses on these third-party apps thereby supporting independent restaurants."

Mayor D. Scott proposed a friendly amendment to add the words "or other" between the words "delivery" and "fees", which was accepted by Councillor V. Murphy.

THAT the Mayor be authorized on behalf of Council to send a letter to Honourable Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation, and Permier Jason Kenney, supporting the concept of enacting a cap of no more than 15% on delivery and other fees on all third-party delivery apps in Alberta and urging the Government of Alberta to consider enacting legislation that focuses on these third-party apps thereby supporting independent restaurants.

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Councillor M. Allen returned to the meeting at 7:19 p.m.

RESULT:CARRIED [8 TO 0]
MOVER:Verna Murphy, Councillor
SECONDER:Jeff Peddle, Councillor
FOR:Don Scott, Krista Balsom, Sheila Lalonde, Phil Meagher, Verna Murphy, Jeff Peddle, Jane Stroud, Claris Voyageur
PECUNIARY INTEREST:Mike Allen
ABSENT:Bruce Inglis, Keith McGrath