Government Affairs Photo Gallery

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Photo credits: Please credit all images to Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association.

Last month, CRFA’s Manitoba-Saskatchewan Vice-President Courtney Hirota (right) met with Labour Minister Jennifer Howard (left) to introduce the province’s foodservice industry and discuss minimum wage.
   
Sophia Aggelonitis (far left) and CRFA’s Ontario VP Stephanie Jones (far right) meet with then-Minister of Consumer Services Ted McMeekin last fall on liquor pricing and distribution issues. CRFA’s Ontario Vice President Stephanie Jones (left) and President Garth Whyte (right) present Minister of Finance Dwight Duncan with restaurant operator petitions on liquor pricing and the HST.
   
Premier Danny Williams sports a personalized chef jacket presented to him by CRFA’s Vice President Atlantic Luc Erjavec (left) and Chair Brenda O’Reilly (right) in St. John’s, Monday, December 21, 2009. Premier Greg Selinger wears a personalized chef jacket presented to him by CRFA Director Diana Coutu (far left), Manitoba-Saskatchewan VP Courtney Hirota (left) and CEO Garth Whyte (far right).
   
CRFA's CEO Garth Whyte (far left), Chair Brenda O'Reilly (right) and First Vice Chairman Gerard Curran (far right) present Prime Minister Stephen Harper with a personalized chef jacket. CRFA's Ron Reaman (left) and Joyce Reynolds present 1,000 HST petitions from British Columbia restaurant operators to MP Ted Menzies, Parliamentary Secretary to the federal Minister of Finance.
   
Local restaurateur Chris Tzaneteas (left) and CRFA CEO Garth Whyte (right) present a personalized chef jacket to Premier Darrell Dexter following a meeting in Halifax, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. CRFA Director Chris Tzaneteas (far left), Chair Brenda O'Reilly (left), CEO Garth Whyte (right) and Atlantic VP Luc Erjavec (far right) present a personalized chef jacket to Premier Darrell Dexter.
   
Premier Robert Ghiz wears a personalized chef jacket presented to him by CRFA Atlantic VP Luc Erjavec (far left), Director Liam Dolan (left), Chair Brenda O'Reilly (right) and CEO Garth Whyte (far right). CRFA's Garth Whyte (right) and Mark von Schellwitz (left) present hundreds of industry petitions against the HST to B.C. Finance Minister Colin Hansen. They also presented CRFA survey results showing over 90% of restaurant owners are against the HST.