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Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce CEO Steve McLellan said there is not yet a definitive timeline for when the tests will start to reach stores, but urged businesses to “strongly consider” applying for the kits, which can screen people for COVID-19 in as little as 15 minutes.
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“If we can save one business and one person from getting COVID because of this, it is worth it,” McLellan said.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority could not provide a comment by publication time, but a handout sent to businesses says all are invited to apply to the program and that they will be “on-boarded in priority sequence or on a first come, first served basis.” A virtual meeting for interested businesses is to be held on Monday.
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Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce CEO Steve McLellan said there is not yet a definitive timeline for when the tests will start to reach stores, but urged businesses to “strongly consider” applying for the kits, which can screen people for COVID-19 in as little as 15 minutes.
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“If we can save one business and one person from getting COVID because of this, it is worth it,” McLellan said.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority could not provide a comment by publication time, but a handout sent to businesses says all are invited to apply to the program and that they will be “on-boarded in priority sequence or on a first come, first served basis.” A virtual meeting for interested businesses is to be held on Monday.
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Saskatchewan’s chambers of commerce are hoping to make more than one million rapid COVID-19 tests available to businesses as the province struggles to balance economic openness with fighting a variant-fuelled third wave of infections.
The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce has led talks with the Saskatchewan Health Authority on the proposed pilot, which would see senior governments supply as many as 1.2 million tests with the goal of catching asymptomatic spread before it becomes a crippling outbreak.
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Apr 19, 2021 5:25 PM
Happy that wage and rent subsidy programs will continue, unhappy that some businesses won’t be able to take advantage of those programs.
That’s what Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce CEO Jason Aebig thinks of the federal budget.
“Unfortunately, those businesses that are two years of age or under did not see any extension of those programs directed at them. That is unfortunate because these micro-firms, these small start-ups that literally just started before the start of the pandemic, will continue to see absolutely no support,” he said Monday.
Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland delivered the first budget in more than two years, with an emphasis on child care and businesses to help them through the pandemic.