Good Afternoon All, This afternoon at 2pm NDP Party Leader Andrea Horwath will be hosting a media conference to discuss the issues surrounding commercial rent relief. Ms. Horwath will be joined by our MPP Peter Tabuns, and our BIA business members Ginger Robertson (The Edmund Burke, Off The Hook) and Nathan Hynes (The Auld Spot), and our BIA Board Treasurer Philip Kocev (iPro Realty) and Valerie Mah VP for the Chinese Chamber of Commerce East Toronto. This media conference will…

Hi All I know many of you are currently looking at different PPE suppliers in advance of being able to open. There are a lot of companies trying to get your business. The Province released their PPE Directory today. They will continue to update it but they say it provides reliable supplier information. Here's the link: Workplace PPE Supplier Directory (Province of Ontario) When you get to the landing page you need to scroll to the bottom and accept the…

Good Afternoon All, Here are today's updates. There's a number of updates so please take the time to read through this email and the attachments. Phase One Opening in Ontario: This afternoon Premier Ford announced the opening of Phase One - attached please find the Province's detailed list and guidelines for opening within each category - for our Retail members please read the attached carefully as there are details about what you are able to do within your stores based…

Good Afternoon All, Please note that I've added a new person to the top send line of this email. In addition to our MP Julie Dabrusin, MPP Peter Tabuns and City Councillor Paula Fletcher, I've included Zachary Nixon - Special Assistant, Regional Affairs Ontario, Federal Ministry of Small Business, Export Promotions & International Trade - Zachary works for Minister Ng. Today is May 13th - it's been 20 days since April 24th which was the day the PM announced the…

Good Afternoon Folks, A couple of other things for today: Hydro Construction Update: Most of you know that we have to have our Hydro vault replaced. The construction is taking place on the south side of Danforth from Body Blue over to Dough Bakeshop. I know this is happening as businesses are trying to manage curbside pick-ups. The crew is very good, they know that they're causing some stress but at the same time the work needs to get done.…

Good Afternoon All, Today is "A Day of Action To Save Small Business" across Canada - fittingly it is also the day that we are able to release the results from our second survey. As you all know this survey was sent to commercial tenants and landlords by all BIAs across the city. I would like to thank our Board Treasurer, Philip Kocev (iPro Realty) for once again taking the lead in managing this survey. These surveys take a lot…