“I mean, it's a struggle. It’s a real struggle every day,” says Stéphanie Mathieson, co-owner of Art-Is-In Bakery in Ottawa.
The government has allowed non-essential businesses, including hardware stores, to offer curbside pickup only, but some owners say that cuts into impulse sales. “The new rules that Ontario just put into place are absolutely ridiculous,” says CFIB President Dan Kelly. “On one hand, they’re telling consumers they’re not allowed to leave home except for essential purposes. However, they’re also telling retailers, 'Here are your new hours for non-essential retail items.
You don’t say🤔
But if you’re a politically collected big box store the profits sky rocket Corruption is corruption and Ford should come down on himself like an 800 lb ape We are all under no illusions about your protection of big box stores You even gave them 5 days warning of inspections
It’s sad, so many people followed the rules since March 2020 but a bunch of selfish people didn’t and now they’re being punished more.
And unnecessary-US based box stores doing well though. Thanks to Ford Willy ways
Gee!... IF only there was an Opposition in Ontario crass-enough / mean-spirited enough / outright delusional & power-craving enough - to willingly embarrass themselves... THEN would have a familiar story they could expertly exploit - like O'Toole in Ottawa. cdnpoli
If they offer curbside pickup they can still be in business... if you refuse to remodel your business then its your own fault!
If only people had followed the rules, there wouldn’t be lockdowns anywhere If everyone wore masks and kept a safe distance, and had a small bubble, and businesses adapted to protect workers, then things wouldn’t have been like this