It said 46 per cent of business owners say they would simply stop operating rather than go through the bankruptcy process.
“Our research provides a broader perspective on business insolvencies in Canada and shows that the rising number of small business bankruptcies is just the tip of the iceberg.”
When you shut down small businesses but allow big box stores to stay open during the pandemic, this is the consequence. Corporate donors 1, mom & pop 0.
Stores were depending on the opening up of the economy to help them out. For some it didn't.
Yeah...2 years of BS lockdowns by the government for a glorified COLD had NOTHING to do with it.