Ontario Small Business Support Grants lack support for local businesses
Businesses in the Kingston area are experiencing difficulties and delays when applying for the Ontario Small Business Support Grant. When they need help or have questions about the grant, many say they are left floundering after calling the so-called helpline.
Launched in January, the Ontario Small Business Support Grant provides direct financial support to eligible small businesses that were required to close or significantly restrict services under the Province-wide Shutdown that came into effect in December 2020, the Province said in a media release dated Thursday, Mar. 25, 2021. Small businesses who have been determined as eligible recipients of the grant during the first round will automatically be entitled to a second payment in an amount equal to the first payment they receive. They will not need to apply again to receive this additional funding.
Bumpy road ahead if you want a driver s licence after Ontario hits brakes on in-vehicle testing
Ontario has cancelled all in-vehicle passenger tests since April 3, but it wasn t the start of the long road to getting a driver s licence. Close to 3,600 passenger road tests have been dropped at the Windsor DriveTest Centre alone since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
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Last Updated: Mar 11, 2021 10:34 AM
The Ontario government has announced that it will unveil the 2021 Budget in March 24th.
Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy says the Budget will support the province’s comprehensive vaccine distribution plan, along with providing additional resources for the health care sector and initiatives to protect the economic well-being of families, workers and employers.
He says it will continue to focus on protecting people’s health and jobs through the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Our focus has got to be protecting health and jobs today,” said Minister Bethlenfalvy. “Even though the light at the end of the tunnel shines brighter with each person that is vaccinated, we are going to take nothing for granted. This caution is necessary to save lives. And it’s also necessary for our economic and fiscal recovery, because as I often say, without healthy people, you can’t have a healthy economy. So, we’ll defeat the virus by working together. And when
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Property tax and energy cost rebates
Businesses that are, or were, required to shut down or significantly restrict services due to provincial public health measures can apply for rebates, provided in the form of grants, to help with their fixed costs.
Businesses struggling to pay their energy bills as a result of COVID-19 may also be eligible for the COVID-19 Energy Assistance Program for Small Business (
CEAP-SB), which you can apply to through your utility provider.
Eligible businesses could get rebates for, municipal and education property taxes, energy costs, including electricity and natural gas (or where natural gas is not available, propane and heating oil). Funding will cover the entire length of time that regionally targeted public health restrictions are in place.