HALIFAX Restaurants in Canada are once again scaling back New Year's Eve plans or shutting their doors altogether amid climbing COVID-19 cases and renewed public health measures across the country.
She says re-opening to Canadian tourists any later than July 1 would have a devastating impact on the industry, which injected about $1.4 billion into the province s economy annually before the pandemic. I have to be honest, everybody is barely hanging on. And it would be very tough to go through another summer like last year because the wage subsidy is being scaled back in July, and that has been a lifeline for so many operators, she said by phone Sunday, adding that CERB and EI claims will also soon run out.
The province s tourism report recommends allowing Canadian tourists to travel to Newfoundland and Labrador once 75 per cent of the province has one vaccine dose and 10 per cent has the second shot. They also want tourists to receive a negative COVID test two to three days before their arrival.
Tourism council s final report sticks to July 1 recommendation for reopening N.L. to Canada
The premier s advisory council on tourism released its final pitch Wednesday to convince the provincial government to reopen Newfoundland and Labrador s borders to the rest of Canada by July 1.
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Jill Curran, a spokesperson for the premier s advisory council on tourism, says a 45 per cent of respondents in a Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador survey said they won t be reopening their businesses at all if they can t open them this summer. (Carolyn Stokes/CBC)
The premier s advisory council on tourism released its final pitch Wednesday to convince the provincial government to reopen Newfoundland and Labrador s borders to the rest of Canada by July 1.
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Cesar Soriano, left, a house person at a downtown Toronto Residence Inn, and Amelia Jarlego, who works as a room attendant, clean a room ahead of the arrival of guests on Feb. 2, 2021. Hotels qualify for the federal Highly Affected Sectors Credit Availability Program, or HASCAP, meant to assist businesses hardest-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Small Business Minister joins Restaurant Revival Working Group to support foodservice sector’s recovery
Small Business Minister joins Restaurant Revival Working Group to support foodservice sector’s recovery
TORONTO, Jan. 28, 2021 Restaurants Canada looks forward to hosting Small Business Minister Mary Ng, along with other government and industry representatives, for the virtual launch of its national Restaurant Revival Working Group at 5 p.m. ET today.
“It is my pleasure to join the launch of the Restaurant Revival Working Group. These leaders have been tireless advocates for this sector and the workers and communities they support,” said Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade. “Since the start of the pandemic we have worked with restaurant owners and workers in the industry and we will continue to support them through COVID-19 and on the road to recovery.”