Good Afternoon All, I want to start by thanking Councillor Paula Fletcher and MPP Peter Tabuns for all of their work and assistance in getting our Toronto business/landlord survey results out to the media and their government colleagues this week. I want to thank all of our BIA members for emailing the survey results out to our government representatives. As a BIA we can push these messages but additional help is so needed in order to move those messages to…

Good Afternoon All, I'm following up on my email from yesterday where we shared the results of the surveys conducted with small business tenants and landlords. Attached please find the full results for both commercial tenants and commercial landlords. Many of you have asked if you can share the information on your social media platforms - yes you can. Please take what you need from the attached files. We are also asking you to share the attached files and the…

Hi All, As you know, last week our Broadview Danforth BIA took the lead in creating a survey for both commercial tenants and landlords to see where everyone is currently at in terms of rent payments. I would like to thank our Board Treasurer, Philip Kocev (iPro Realty) for taking the lead in creating the survey and managing to compile all of the results received - there have been some very long hours of work put into this. We ended…

Good Afternoon All, Please note that I have included our MP Julie Dabrusin and our MPP Peter Tabuns in the top send line of this email. The Prime Minister has just completed his daily briefing and the following are points that were covered: 1. Since his announcement last week about Emergency Help For Commercial Rent - to help with April, May and June rent payments there has been NO further information. We know that this requires collaboration with the Provinces…

Good Afternoon All, Please note that Julie and Peter are included in the top send line again today. The PM has just concluded his daily briefing. Here is what he announced: - $306 million + support for Indigenous businesses; interest free and non-repayable contributions - Canada/US border will be closed for a further 30 days The interesting comments actually came today during the question and answer component with the media. A Global TV reporter made me very happy - she…

Good Afternoon All, Paula Fletcher arranged a conference call this afternoon for the BIAs in her riding and 55 Division's Superintendent Stroble and some members of his team. This was in response to concerns we've expressed about the safety of our areas while most of the businesses are closed. Since the closures 55 Division has been very active in working to keep the area as safe as possible. Here are the details that we can share: Patrols: - There are…