MLA calls for lid on delivery fees charged to restaurants

A B.C. Liberal MLA has introduced a bill in the B.C. Legislature that would cap the fee delivery services can charge to restaurants at 15 per cent.

Surrey-White Rock MLA Trevor Halford said with restaurants struggling, the common-sense idea would provide much needed relief.

“People are eager to support local businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and implementing this cap on delivery charges to restaurants is an easy step the NDP can take to help those businesses right now,” Halford said.

If passed, the bill would regulate a cap on fees charged to restaurants by third-party delivery services. Currently, the services such as Skip The Dishes and DoorDash, can charge as much as 30 per cent of the total cost of orders.

“Reducing these delivery fees makes sense on many levels and was something both major parties committed to taking action on during the election, so there is no reason that the NDP couldn’t implement these changes immediately during this short session,” Halford added. “This industry can no longer wait for John Horgan and the NDP to take action.”

Halford’s bill is called the Food and Beverage Delivery Fees Cap Act.