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In this Issue:
- CA Meets New Health Minister
- NAFTA, TPP, & CETA Updates
- Membership Directory Coming Soon
- Recruiting Members in Montreal
- Record Setting Beauty Awards!
- CA Engagement & Outreach
- Cosmetics Magazine Spring Issue
- Regulatory Workshop Registration
- Upcoming Events not be missed!
and more...
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CA Meets New Health Minister
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CA President Darren Praznik and Vice-Chair Francois Roberge (L'Oreal) had the opportunity to meet Canada's new Health Minster, the Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor, in Ottawa at a reception for the Forum for Young Canadians. Minster Petitpas Taylor was recently appointed to the portfolio replacing the Hon. Jane Philpott who took over the new portfolio of Minister of Indigenous Services. Minister Petitpas Taylor was elected as an MP in the riding of Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe and has an extensive background in public safety.
A Cosmetics Alliance delegation, including company representatives and committee chairs, will be meeting with the Minister on March 19th to formally introduce our association and provide a briefing on industry's key issues.
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CA’s Darren Praznik, who is a Forum alumnist, and L’Oreal’s Francois Roberge chatted with some of the 100 students from across Canada who were in Ottawa for the first of the three annual sessions of the Forum for Young Canadians for 2018. A reception with MP's and Cabinet Ministers is a regular part of Forum activities.
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NAFTA Negotiations Move from Montreal to Mexico City with Progress on the Cosmetics Chapter
As an internationally integrated industry, it is a priority for Cosmetics Alliance and our industry associations in the U.S. and Mexico to ensure the survival of a NAFTA agreement, and to use the opportunity to advance regulatory alignment between jurisdiction to eliminate unnecessary and costly technical barriers to trade.
Although stakeholders are not participants at the actual negotiations, all three associations have been able to develop...
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Taking advantage of being together for the PCPC annual meeting, the three industry leads on the NAFTA file take some time to discuss options being promoted with negotiators regarding a NAFTA cosmetics chapter. From L to R Darren Praznik (CA) Carlos Berzunza Sanchez (Canipec) and Francine Lamoriello (PCPC).
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Trans Pacific Partnership Goes Ahead Without U.S.
Regardess of the Trump administration's withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement in January of last year, the eleven remaining countries including Canada have recently concluded an agreement to proceed with the TPP. The "TPP-11" are expected to formally sign the new
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific
in Chile in early March. The agreement covers 495 million consumers and represents...
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Membership Directory Coming this Spring - Be Sure to Update Your Company Info!
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Your 2018 CA Membership Directory will be sent to you this spring.
As we finalize the 2018 directory, we need you to ensure your company contacts and other information are current and accurate. If you haven't done so already, please update your company information and company contacts using your senior official access.
Click
here
for instructions.
Advertising in the Directory can Help Your Business
If you are selling goods or services to the personal care products industry in Canada, this is the place to be. The CA membership directory is the ONLY consolidated resource of businesses that serve the Canadian Cosmetic Industry. If you are not listed here, you may miss out on putting your company in front of new customers.
The CA directory is a well used reference and has a long shelf-life in a company office.
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Membership Recruitment in Montreal
CA President Darren Praznik was invited by PME-Montréal to give a presentation about our industry and our association this past January in Montreal. In addition to discussing the work of CA, Darren provided an overview of Health Canada’s Self-Care Products Framework and the opportunities for our industry, and gave an update on the NAFTA negotiations and its implications.
Following our Montreal recruitment initiative, CA is happy to announce four new members, KMB Consulting,
Devonian Health Group Inc, KD Services and Fruits & Passion.
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(L to R) Jim Hicks (CA); Darren Praznik (CA); Nicolas Roy
, (PME MTL West-Island
) Diane Gibb (Walle & Associates) Bertrand Walle (Walle & Associates)
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Nicolas Roy introduces Darren Praznik (CA) for a presentation on the cosmetic industry and the work of Cosmetics Alliance
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Welcome New Executive Committee Members!
CA Board Chair Steve Blanchet of CSR Cosmetics Solutions is pleased to announce that Francois Roberge,
VP Scientific & Regulatory Affairs of
L'Oreal Canada, and Eric
Douilhet, General Manager of Estée Lauder, have been elected to fill vacancies on the CA Executive Committee. Both individuals have extensive experience in our industry and will bring great value.
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L to R: Francois Roberge,
VP Scientific & Regulatory Affairs
of L'Oreal Canada, and Eric Douilhet, General Manager of Estée Lauder
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Record Participation For 2018 Canadian Beauty Awards!
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Over 100 product nominations have been submitted for this year's Canadian Beauty Awards - more than double the nominations for last years Fragrance & Beauty Awards!
With a focus on innovation, winners will be announced at the Gala event in Toronto on Thursday May 17
th
, 2018 at the Carlu. Tickets are still available for this special evening. If you are unable to attend, the event will be broadcasted live via our web site. Simply log onto:
www.cosmeticsmag.com
and watch the excitement.
Over the next few weeks the Beauty industry and Canada's Beauty Experts will be voting for their #1 choice in each of the 21 categories. As well next month Canadian Consumers will get to vote for their favourite product through the Cosmetics web site and through our partnership with TopBox members.
Winners enjoy coverage on City Line, Fashion Magazine, Globe & Mail, Cosmetics Magazine and through TopBox.
This awards program was recently acquired by Cosmetics Alliance form Rogers and provides another vehicle in which Cosmetics Alliance serves the need of the Canadian Beauty industry.
Click
here
for a list of this year’s Canadian Beauty Awards finalists.
Registration details are listed below in the events section.
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Alex Laws, Editor & Chief Cosmetics Magazine, examines products represented in this year's Beauty Awards
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Canadian Government Announces Consultation on Canada-E.U. Regulatory Cooperation
The Canada-E.U. Trade Agreement entered into force provisionally on September 21, 2017. CETA Chapter 21 of the agreement lays out the framework through which the Parties will carry out regulatory cooperation activities. This includes the establishment of a new Regulatory Cooperation Forum (RCF) with the mandate of facilitating and promoting regulatory cooperation.
As outlined in the notice...
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CA's Beta Montemayor and Darren Praznik met with Cosmetics Europe's John Chave, Odile De Silva and Elsa Dietrich to discuss coordination on the recently announced government consultation on the establishment of a Regulatory Cooperation Forum under the Canada-E.U. Trade Agreement (CETA). Both associations were attending the PCPC annual conference and International Association Collaboration meeting.
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17 Cosmetic Industry Associations Participate in IAC
A meeting of the cosmetics industry's International Associations Collaboration (IAC) Initiative was held at the PCPC annual conference with representatives from some 17 cosmetics industry associations and many international companies from around the globe. The mandate of IAC is to share resources and information to address issues important to our industry and to ensure a coordinated approach globally. CA has just completed a two year term as the IAC's Chair and Secretariat and is represented at this years meeting by (L to R) Ken Marenus, Beta Montemayor and Darren Praznik. Items on the agenda include the new ISO standard on natural products, micro plastics activities in the defense of preservatives, and international trade agreements, as well as several regional updates on emerging issues
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17 cosmetics industry associations and many international companies from around the globe participate in the IAC.
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(L - R) Kenneth Marenus (Estée Lauder), Beta Montemayor (CA), and Darren Praznik (CA)
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Reminder: 2018 Membership Renewals Are Now Due
Cosmetics Alliance values your membership and looks forward to your ongoing participation in the Association. To ensure uninterrupted service and the continued benefits of membership, please forward your renewal as soon as possible. If your company has recently submitted its renewal, we thank you.
New Online Format for Renewal
You may have noticed that this year's renewal is in a new format. Members can now easily complete their renewal online.
We also ask that you update your company contacts to ensure that all of your staff are benefiting from your membership.
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ICCR Prepares for July Meeting with Regulators
The ICCR Industry Caucus met to prepare for the upcoming meeting with regulators this July in Japan. ICCR jurisdictions include the European Union, U.S., Japan, Canada and Brazil with over a half dozen observer countries including Korea. ICCR works to align cosmetic regulations internationally. CA's delegation includes Darren Praznik, Beta Montemayor and Ken Marenus.
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CA Participates in PCPC Annual Conference - Beta Montemayor Key Speaker at Supplier Event
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CA's Beta Montemayor joined PCPC’s Francine Lamoriello to kick-start the PCPC Supplier Luncheon with an address on “
Assessing the Environmental Impact of Cosmetic Ingredients
”. Building on the Canadian experience with siloxanes D5 and microbeads, and some of the recent activities in the U.S. regarding sunscreens, Beta reflected on the scientific challenges that cosmetics and ingredients are under related to potential impacts to the environment. Presentations were followed by a lively discussion, featuring Iain Davies, PCPC; Espe Troyano, P&G; and Elizabeth Grove, Lubrizol; and moderated by Avon’s Steve Gettings, about opportunities for further global and multi-disciplinary collaboration to help manage these issues moving forward.
In conjunction with the conference,
several key international meetings were held including the industry caucus for July's ICCR meeting, and the International Associations Collaboration (IAC) initiative. The IAC brings together associations of our industry from around the globe and has led to an effective means of sharing resources including scientific and communications expertise, ensuring common positions on international issues including common language for cosmetics regulation in trade agreements, and early warning of emerging issues. This meeting attracted representatives from some 17 industry associations, including China, as well as many international member companies.
Some views from around the PCPC conference:
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R. David Edelman, an expert on many of the most pressing issues facing society from cyber security to privacy threats to artificial intelligence, outlines the issues facing industry today and what we can expect. Edelman is a former White House Special Assistant to President Obama on Technology and Economic Policy.
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Understanding intersectionality and what way women view themselves and interact with the world was the subject of a 4750 women global study conducted by Refinery 29 Intelligence. Here Research 29's Cat Quinn and Brooke Hilton discuss their work at the PCPC annual conference. As they suggested, just changing the shades may not be enough to understand your customers' identity!
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Keynote speaker Stephen Wunker gives a passionate address on driving customer-centered innovation as part of the line-up of speakers at this year's PCPC annual conference. Wunker is a recognized business author and entrepeneur who once led a team that developed one of the world's first smartphones.
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CA meets with the US Independent Cosmetics Manufacturers and Distributors Association (ICMAD) delegation at the ICCR industry caucus. (L to R) ICMAD'S Sanjiv Mehra, Carl
Geffken
and Pam Busiek with CA's Darren Praznik and Beta Montemayor. Carl Geffken is also an active associate member of CA.
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Cosmetics Alliance Outreach
Never missing an opportunity to advance the issues important to our industry, or to build relationships with influencers and decision-makers, CA has been proactively engaging with a variety of stakeholders as well as member companies. Here are just a few highlights!
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CA's Beta Montemayor joins colleagues from the Industrial Minerals Association – North America (IMA-NA) to discuss the safety of Talc as Health and Environment & Climate Change Canada complete their review under the Canadian Chemicals Management Plan. R to L: Mark Ellis, IMA-NA; Anne McConnell – consultant; Shirpal Sharma and Julie Pier, Imerys Inc.; Gary Tomaino, Minerals Technologies Inc.
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CA's regulatory team Beta Montemayor and Richard Parcels visit L'Oreal's Montreal office. They were welcomed by Francois Roberge and Katherine Farrajota.
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Cosmetics Magazine Spring Issue is coming!
The next product-packed issue of Cosmetics magazine launches on March 14. Featuring the hottest technology on the market — from mirrors that deliver skincare tips, to sensors that tell you when to step out of the sun — it's filled with the latest and greatest innovations. Plus, get new brightening skincare solutions and the latest sparkling spring colour collections, as well as inventive sales tips.
Sign up free
here
so you don't miss an issue!
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Cosmetics Team from L to R: Stephanie Hicks, Jim Hicks, Heather Marrin, Alex Laws
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Coming Soon to Member Portal: New Industry Data Platform
We are developing a platform hosted on cosmeticsalliance.ca that will offer our members statistical information regarding the cosmetics market, retail sales, cosmetics brands, expenditure and consumer behavior. Check out a sample data chart on Attitudes towards personal care and beauty products among consumers in Canada as of March 2017
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NAFTA Negotiations in Montreal
The sixth formal round of NAFTA negotiations were held in Montreal from February 23rd through 28th with the three countries negotiating teams, trade ministers, and stakeholders converging on the city. Although little progress was reported on most issues, sufficient progress was made on the key issues for Minsters to agree to schedule the next two rounds for....
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Here are some photos from the Montreal Round that provides some insight into how the negotiations unfold for stakeholders:
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CA' s Darren Praznik and Francois Roberge review notes after a briefing with Global Affairs Canada's Chris O'Toole and Perka Peetula. Chris is Deputy Director of Technical Barriers and Regulations, and is the leading Canadian Negotiator on the cosmetics chapter.
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An opportunity to get Canadian officials and stakeholders together was created by Unifor Canada, Canada's largest private sector unions, who hosted a reception for Canadians on the Wednesday evening. Here, CA President Darren Praznik chats with Omar Allam (left), President of an Ottawa based trade consulting firm; and Terry Creighton (right), Vice-President of Global Public Policy for TEVA Pharmaceuticals and her spouse.
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For stakeholders and media alike, NAFTA negotiations are about long stretches of just "hanging around" waiting for updates or meetings with negotiators.
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Inside the media centre with reporters from across the NAFTA countries and around the world, demonstrating the significance of the negotiations.
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Darren discussing recent developments with Dennis Darby, Chair of the Canadian Manufacturing Coalition.
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WELCOME TO OUR FOUR NEW MEMBERS
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Fruits & Passion Boutiques Inc.
Since 1992, Fruits & Passion reinvent the world of fragrance, body care and ambiance products by drawing on the best of nature to captivate the senses.
The brand enjoys a solid footing in Canada thanks to an extensive network of boutiques and is also present in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Each day, thousands of customers discover how using our delightful fragrances can bring a sensation of well-being to their daily care rituals.
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KMB Consulting
Specialized in essential and vegetable oils from Madagascar. Specialty products such as: Cocoa butter, prime pressed, crude from Madagascar. Lavender oils - Lavandin Grosso, Lavender 40/42, Rose oils from Bulgaria.
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Devonian Health Group Inc.
Devonian is a clinical stage pharmaceutical corporation with novel therapeutic approaches targeting unmet medical needs. Devonian's core strategy is to develop prescription botanical drugs. This focus is supported by a US-FDA set of regulatory guidelines favoring a more efficient drug development pathway versus those for traditional prescription medicines.
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KD Services
Logistics provider (3PL – Contract Packaging) operating in the consumer products market, KD is a specialist in the field of Health & Beauty. The relationship put forward with our partners is built on two driving axis: Humility and Trust. These two axis form the basis of our continuous improvement program offered to all actors of our “ecosystem” (suppliers, KD, customers).
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Five Challenges Facing Your Cosmetics Supply Chain
Unexpected challenges arise; inadequate storage spoils your product, packaging arrives less than perfect, or any other number of fulfillment disasters that seem like a worst-case scenario can crop up. When it’s infrequent, you can cope. When it becomes normal to see returns piling up and customers complaining about the state or timing of their delivery, it can damage your brand irreparably.
With that in mind, here are five challenges faced by the cosmetics supply chain that your business must overcome to become a beauty brand that customers trust:
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Content contributor: Ilan Friedman and Jody Lazzerini from
Savino Del Bene
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CA Regulatory Workshop
Date:
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Registration:
8:15 am - 9:00 am
Workshop:
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Location:
Hotel Omni Mont-Royal,
Montreal, Quebec
Register before end of day March 12th to take advantage of earlybird pricing! Receive discounted pricing when sending more than one representative from the same company.
Cosmetic Alliance Canada's Regulatory Workshops provide members with the opportunity to stay up-to-date and informed on "everything regulatory". You will not want to miss this opportunity to hear from government officials and Cosmetics Alliance staff first-hand on issues that will directly affect your business. Cosmetics Alliance will be hosting a Member Engagement Session at the end of the Workshop followed by a reception so be sure to attend for the whole day. A preliminary agenda with speakers will be shared closer to the Workshop.
In addition to the Regulatory Workshop, Cosmetics Alliance will be hosting a joint committee meeting on Friday morning, April 13th at the Hotel Omni with our Product Compliance & Market Access committee and our Facility Compliance & Manufacturers committee. If you are newly engaged as a member of Cosmetics Alliance and would like to attend this meeting as an observer, please contact
Michele Davis
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Annual General Meeting
Date:
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Pursuant to the Association’s By-laws and requirements under the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, the Association’s *Annual General Meeting must be held no later than six months after the previous fiscal year end. This year’s Annual General Meeting will be held at The Carlu, Clipper Room, 444 Yonge Street, 7th Floor, Toronto followed by an *open board meeting in conjunction with the
Canadian Beauty Awards
being held that evening.
*The Annual General Meeting and open board meeting are complimentary events.
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Canadian Beauty Awards
Date:
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Cosmetics magazine’s Canadian Beauty Awards is an annual gala honouring and celebrating the year’s best fragrance and beauty launches, as chosen by our expert voting panel of industry insiders, beauty advisors and media. This year’s awards will be held at The Carlu in Toronto. Good luck to all the nominees!
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COSA Nominations Are Open
Date
: Thursday, November 15, 2018
If “random acts of kindness” is on your list of New Year’s resolutions, there’s no better place to start than by nominating your favourite BAs in the business. Nomination forms and extra details are now online. This year's COSA Awards are being held at The Ritz Carlton, Toronto.
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