WATCH: Business owners in Halifax are speaking out about the ongoing construction in the downtown core. Those who represent them are calling on the province to step up with funding for lost income. Zack Power reports.are looking to the municipal government for some additional financial support — citing impacts from ongoing construction throughout the city as a contributing factor in recently lost revenue.
“We are now dealing with the redevelopment of our own building, and the ongoing impacts on our business are extreme.”Story continues below advertisement The CFIB also estimated that Canadian businesses lost 22 per cent of revenues in the last five years due to public construction projects. “It’s been a difficult five years, before the pandemic and after the pandemic. In the current economic relationship, a lot of small businesses are facing really thin profit margins,” Robertson said.Kawasaki engines in some lawn, garden equipment recalled due to safety hazardRobertson noted that in Feb.