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Restaurants want exemption from reduced wage subsidy as Ontario keeps dining shut

The Canadian Press May 14, 2021

TORONTO — Restaurant owners say they are concerned about operations as federal subsidies begin to wind down, even as provinces like Ontario extend stay-at-home or lockdown measures. Restaurants Canada is seeking an exemption from the…

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New, young small businesses left out of federal budget want more aid: CFIB

Tara Deschamps - The Canadian Press Apr 21, 2021

TORONTO — Small business owners and advocates say Ottawa should rethink the eligibility requirements for subsidies after Monday's federal budget failed to include companies launched shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic or after it began.…

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As feds audit landlords over rent aid, businesses fall through cracks of new program

Jordan Press - The Canadian Press Feb 10, 2021

OTTAWA — Documents given to parliamentarians show federal officials audited at least 127 landlords who received aid through a program designed to ease rent costs for small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. That was the figure as…

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Ontario Joins Other Provinces in Introducing a Temporary Moratorium on Evictions of Small Business…

Patrice Thomas, Agnès Pignoly Jul 6, 2020

As governments attempt to support small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario has joined other provinces in introducing a moratorium on evictions of small business commercial tenants. Passed on June 18, 2020, the Protecting…