Good Afternoon All, As many of you know we have been working closely with the other BIAs’ across Toronto to voice the needs of small businesses and landlords and the challenges you all are facing in light of COVID-19. We have created a quick survey to get a pulse of who was able to make April’s rent and what challenges you foresee in the coming months. Please take a moment to complete this survey – your input is important to…

Good Afternoon All, The Prime Minister returned to his daily briefings today so below please find some updates from him and other information: 1. 75% Wage Subsidy: Most of you know that the House and Senate sat this past Saturday and have approved the 75% wage subsidy. According to the PM this morning this program will be rolled out as quickly as possible. He didn't give a specific date on the roll-out but we will let you know as soon…

Good Afternoon All, Here is the information and updates that I have for you today (Friday): 1. Canadian Emergency Business Loan Program: - Banks opened their portal for this loan yesterday - The eligibility parameters have not changed - payroll minimum is still set at $50k - If you are eligible for this loan and apply for it apparently you will receive the money within a few days. - We are still urging our MP to push to amend the…

Good Morning All, We've been working on Round 2 of the Don't Turn Out The Lights campaign that was launched last week. We need your help again in getting this out on all of your social media platforms. Attached please find the Round 2 graphics for social media (Instagram, Twitter, FaceBook) and the Social Media directions and suggested text sheet. Again, I'm asking you to break the usual rules surrounding social media posts and post this on a regular basis…

Good Afternoon All, The PM has just finished his daily briefing - it ran long today. Here are the details from that briefing plus a few other things: Web result with site links 75% Wage Subsidy Program: The Cabinet is meeting this afternoon. This program has still not been passed by the Legislature. The PM indicated that he hoped to have this program available within 3 weeks. This program has been changed from its original parameters as follows: - To…

Good Afternoon All, Please note that our MP Julie Dabrusin is included in message (originally sent as email) - should you wish to make comments and/or have questions please email her and ourselves: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . This morning in the PM's daily update he covered the following: Expansion of the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit: The Feds will be expanding the eligibility for this fund to include people who are still working but have had their hours greatly reduced and therefore…