Good Afternoon All, Well..... as expected the Premier has moved the Province into our 3rd State of Emergency and has enacted the Stay At Home order which comes into effect at 12:01am tomorrow - Thursday, April 8/21 and will continue for one month (4 weeks). At the end of this email is the Provincial News Release which contains full details but I've pulled some key information as it pertains to our retail members: Effective Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 12:01…

Good Afternoon All, For those of you who have children in elementary or secondary school, or you have staff with children, Toronto will be closing all schools as of 12:01am tomorrow - Weds., April 7/21. The City's full release is below. Tomorrow will be a scramble to move to at home on-line learning for many. This order is in place until at least April 18 so it goes through the planned Spring break which starts on April 12th. Thanks, Susan…

Good Afternoon All, As we expected, Premier Ford has just completed his media briefing and the Province will be going into a full shut down for at least 4 weeks beginning at 12:01am this Saturday, April 3/21. I've included the Province's media release below which provides full details on what can and can't be done during this shut down. As a quick summary: 1. Indoor and outdoor dining will not be allowed. Take-out and delivery will be allowed. 2. Personal…

Good Afternoon Folks, Just a quick reminder for those who haven't yet applied for the Provincial Small Business Support Grant - tomorrow - Weds. March 31/21 is the deadline to submit. I've provided the application link below. For those who have applied and been approved you will receive a matching second grant payment however I don't yet know when that will happen. I've included our MPP Peter Tabuns in the bcc line of this email - Peter if you are…

Good Afternoon All, The Premier has just completed his Friday briefing and here are the new updates for areas in the Grey Zone:1. Effective Monday, March 29, 2021 at 12:01 a.m., permitting outdoor fitness classes, outdoor training for team and individual sports and outdoor personal training, subject to public health and workplace safety measures, including, but not limited to: a maximum of 10 patrons, every person maintaining a physical distance of at least three metres from another person, requiring a…

Good Afternoon All, Below is the release from the Province which gives a summary of today's budget - it also includes links in various sections which provide a bit more information. For businesses the Province is saying that it will launch a second round of the Ontario Small Business grant - this is the one that provides between $10k - $20k for eligible businesses. We will have to wait for the Federal Budget to be delivered in April to see…