Alan Liu, owner of downtown Thai restaurant Salad King, said it’s been a month since he applied for the latest round of the grant, and he hasn’t received it for either location.
The province has generally been slower than the feds to dole out money, Sinopoli said, and this grant is no exception. Sinopoli is behind on rent because of the shutdown, which cut short the busiest season of the year for restaurants. He’s optimistic about spring and summer, but said restaurants aren’t out of the woods yet: “Getting to patio season is the challenge.”
Many businesses that had previously received earlier rounds of the grant waited for an email from the ministry to confirm their eligibility, said Rilett, but it never came.
They are not going to fulfill every promise they made
Maybe Dougie used the money to give out those useless refunds of license stickers.
The Auditor General's report exposes Doug Ford’s many failures, including a government scrambling to roll out mismanaged programs hundreds of days after they were needed. When Ontarians needed help, Doug Ford was missing in action.
Many struggling small businesses received nothing during the pandemic, while Doug Ford sent almost $1 billion to businesses that either didn’t qualify for support, or didn’t face losses.
Cry me a river. People on ODSP have been crapped on throughout the entire pandemic. Imagine having to live on $1169 per month? ODSPAction onpoli
Exactly