How is Business Coping?
During this time of crisis, there are businesses that are considered essential services. One business in Mississauga is Fielding Environmental. Fielding is a legacy business in Mississauga. Fielding is a chemical recycling business with a unique process of taking...
Ontario Closing At-Risk Workplaces to Protect Health and Safety
Business-owners Encouraged to Continue their Operations Through Work-From-Home Policies and Innovative Business Models This is the list businesses that are allowed to open as of March 24, 2020 Supply chains Businesses that supply other essential businesses or...
Ontario Providing Electricity Relief to Families, Small Businesses and Farms During COVID-19
News Release March 24, 2020 Province suspending time-of-use rates for 45 days TORONTO - To support Ontarians through the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation, the Government of Ontario is providing immediate electricity rate relief for families, small businesses and...
MBOT Calls on Federal Government to Backstop Business Interruption Insurance for COVID-19 Claims
Insurance companies that provide business interruption insurance are advising business that the Corona Virus and COVID-19 (Pandemic) are not reasons for a valid claim under the provisions of business interruption. MBOT calls upon the Federal Government to backstop...
Prioritizing public health is our best long-term economic strategy
(Toronto, March 24, 2020) – Rocco Rossi, President & CEO, Ontario Chamber of Commerce released the following statement in reaction to the Ontario Government ordering the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces effective as of Tuesday,...
Ontario Closing At-Risk Workplaces to Protect Health and Safety
List of Essential Workplaces March 23, 2020 8:00 P.M. Office of the Premier For the purposes of this order, businesses include any-for-profit, non-profit or other entity providing the goods and services described herein. This does not preclude the provision of...
Mayor Bonnie Crombie Declares State of Emergency in Mississauga
City of Mississauga Declares a State of Emergency COVID-19 | March 23, 2020 Mayor Bonnie Crombie has declared a State of Emergency in the City of Mississauga in consultation with Mississauga City Council and the Office of Emergency Management. The declaration supports...
Ontario Orders the Mandatory Closure of All Non-Essential Workplaces to Fight Spread of COVID-19
New Measures to Further Protect the Health and Safety of the People of Ontario March 23, 2020 1:30 P.M. TORONTO — To further contain the spread of COVID-19, the Ontario Government will order the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces effective as of...
Will There Be an Economic Rebound after COVID-19? – PODCAST
The National Post headline reads “Echoes of the 1930s” referring to the great depression that lasted for 43 months from roughly August 1929 to March 1933. There are a few causes of the Great Depression, but most were man made. COVID-19 is different and next to...
New Employment Standards under Provincial Emergency Measures – PODCAST
Business owners are scrambling to understand what help is available to keep staff working but based on the current Federal plan, some businesses just won’t be able to survive, let alone keep staff on the payroll. To help us understand what you need to do as an...
New Government Website Removes Barriers for Companies to Provide Essential Goods and Services
News Release Ontario Urges Business to Join the Fight Against COVID-19 March 21, 2020 New Government Website Removes Barriers for Companies to Provide Essential Goods and Services TORONTO — The Ontario Government is launching Ontario Together, a new website that will...
MBOT Calls on the Region of Peel to Defer Utility Bills for Business and Residents
In a letter to Region of Peel Chair, Nando Iannicca, The Mississauga Board of Trade calls upon the Region defer payment for utility bills for business and residents. Read the letter here 20200320 - Defer Utility Bills - Letter to Chair Iannicca - March 20 2020
City of Mississauga Approves Measures Aimed to Help Business and Workers in Mississauga
Mississauga, Ontario -- At a special Council meeting on March 19, 2020, Mississauga City Council approved a number of measures to support business and residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recommendations made by the Mississauga Board of Trade (MBOT)...
FREE Webinar from BDC on Coping with COVID-19 – March 25th – 12PM (EDT)
The spread of COVID-19 poses important challenges to Canadian businesses. With the situation constantly evolving, you need to be prepared for any disruptions. Join BDC experts as they share short-term economic perspectives and advice on how to...
Province Implements Changes to Accommodate Ontarians during COVID-19
The Premier of Ontario announced new measures to accommodate off peak delivery of goods, provide alternatives to visiting Service Ontario offices and protect renters. The Province will set aside noise by-laws so delivery of goods can be made during off peak hours....
Canadian Chamber of Commerce Assessment of Federal Government $82B Plan
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce released a document in response to the Federal Government's initial $82B plan. The document contains the CCC asks along with what the government provided. 20200318 - CCC on COVID 19 - rapidpolicyupdatecovid2020
City Convenes Meeting with Mississauga’s Business Community to Discuss Impacts of COVID-19
Mayor and Council strike emergency meeting with the City of Mississauga’s Economic Development Advisory Board (EDAB) to explore possible supports for local business community. Today, Mayor Bonnie Crombie and City Councillors along with the City of Mississauga’s...
A Message from GTAA President and CEO in Response to COVID-19
Government of Canada directives on travel The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, recently outlined additional actions being taken under the Government of Canada’s whole-of-government response to COVID-19 to limit its spread and to provide support to Canadian travellers....
