It’s been a difficult two years for Taso Barlas as he’s tried to navigate keeping his family restaurant open during the pandemic.“People are dining out more, the demand is higher and the supply is shorter so we are having supply chain issues, we are having labor shortages, the supports for the staff and for the business for labor and wage subsidies have finished now,” said Barlas, who’s the general manager of Mano’s Restaurant & Lounge.
In most cases, businesses were eligible for federal help if their province was in a state of emergency. Saskatchewan was one of the first to lift that measure.Now, all pandemic-related financial help has ended across Canada and the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says it’s still not business as usual — yet.
“They’re just coming out of the turmoil of the last two years and now they’re dealing with skyrocketing inflation that’s driving up the cost of every line item in their own budgets.”“It was great to see a lot of full parking lots and businesses hosing off their patios and decks and everyone getting ready for that,” said Jim Bence, Hospitality Saskatchewan president and CEO.“That’s very hopeful, there’s a lot of enthusiasm and optimism.
Ask him how he feels about the carbon tax hitting us for 1k a month, and spoiler alert its gonna keep going up.
Recovering from Economic Sabotage by a corrupt & infiltrated federal cabinet.