WINDSOR, ONT. As Windsor-Essex prepares for a new lockdown, a new petition is circulating in response urging the province to adjust the restrictions to be less onerous on small businesses. On Friday, the Downtown Windsor Business Improvement Association (DWBIA) launched the petition on Change.org to call for a more equal treatment between small businesses and big box stores. We’re hoping for a level playing field, said Brian Yeomans, the chairperson of the DWBIA. If the small businesses aren’t allowed to have people into their stores to buy their non-essential items, we don’t think it’s fair that the big box stores are able to keep their doors open and sell the same things.