Good Morning All, I hope everyone had a good weekend - we certainly couldn't have asked for nicer weather. Over the past few weeks there has been an increasing problem with commercial insurance. Some insurance providers are jacking up their prices, some are now refusing to renew policies for certain businesses (restaurants and bars are dealing with this the most). We've been pushing the Provincial gov't to step in and assist. We've also been pushing this issue with TABIA (Toronto…

Hi all, Premier Ford has just announced the following new restrictions for all food and drink businesses in the Province of Ontario - these restrictions will go into effect tomorrow (Saturday) so at midnight tonight: 1. Food and Drink businesses must close at midnight and remain closed until 5am except for delivery and take-out 2. Food and Drink businesses are ordered to stop alcohol sales at 11pm 3. Alcohol consumption will be prohibited at all Food and Drink businesses in…

Good Afternoon Broadview Danforth BIA business members. Please note that Provincial NDP leader Andrea Horwath, MPP Peter Tabuns, Mayor John Tory, and Councillor Paula Fletcher are addressed in the email version of this notice. Earlier this morning Andrea Horwath held a media conference to release the Ontario NDP's updated Save Main Street Plan. Attached to this email please find the full plan and the media release from the NDP. I encourage you all to take the time to read carefully…

Hi All, As promised earlier today here is a brief summary of this afternoon's Federal Throne Speech. It was long and there were a lot of promises - it's also important to remember that the speech lists out what the Liberals would like to do - not everything will get done and details still need to be released on how programs would work and what specifics they would entail. Prior to the speech CTV National News cited a recent survey…

Good Morning All, At 2pm today the Federal govt will deliver it's Throne Speech and the PM will address the nation tonight at 6:30pm. If there are any important updates I will send another email to you all later today. In the meantime, I have a few things for you this morning: DineOutTO Program & CafeTO survey: The City is still accepting registrations from any restaurant or food service business for their DineOutTO program which will run from Sept. 23…

Good Afternoon All, Premier Ford has just completed his daily briefing providing the following information: Reduction of social gathering numbers for Toronto, Ottawa and Peel regions. Please note that these reductions and associated fines do NOT apply to businesses.As of tomorrow, Friday, September 18/20:Indoor gatherings are reduced to 10 people including those who live in your household.Outdoor gatherings are reduced to 25 people.New fines: if you host a gathering and exceed the above limits the fine is $10,000 for the…