The coronavirus pandemic is forcing local merchants to keep up with an ever-changing economic landscape and a slew of information from upper-tier governments.
This week the feds unveiled a stimulus package to help Canadian businesses struggling with forced closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic but Dufferin Board of Trade executive director, Diana Morris says there are still some blanks.
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Morris says DBOT is communicating with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce to boil down and disseminate the benefits for local businesses.
She says the logistics of the stimulus packages will likely be unveiled in early April, such as the Emergency Support Benefit, which will help workers who are forced out of work but are ineligible for Employment Insurance.
It hasn’t been easy for Dufferin merchants, admits Morris but she says merchants have been nimble to sudden changes.
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