{"id":31018,"date":"2020-04-29T08:19:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T12:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=31018"},"modified":"2020-04-29T08:19:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T12:19:54","slug":"reality-check-under-fords-plan-businesses-may-never-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/29\/reality-check-under-fords-plan-businesses-may-never-reopen\/","title":{"rendered":"Reality check: Under Ford\u2019s plan, businesses may never reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rent is due in three days, but business owners and advocates are worried that Ontario\u2019s broken new rent relief program will only lead to more closed doors.\u00a0 Here\u2019s just some of what Ontario\u2019s business community has had to say:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>\u201cThe main concern that I am hearing from our clients, is that the landlord may be reluctant to enrol in the program out of fear of losing the 25 per cent from their office tenants or those tenants that have the ability to pay.\u201d<br \/>\nStan Krawitz, vice-chairman Savills Canada\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-with-may-rent-looming-tenants-and-landlords-confused-over-ottawas\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theglobeandmail.com%2Fbusiness%2Farticle-with-may-rent-looming-tenants-and-landlords-confused-over-ottawas%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJShupac%40ndp.on.ca%7Cb7efa0a543c0457d7a0f08d7eb8e8672%7C6b9fd2ec77a64ae0822a6bb9108fb274%7C0%7C0%7C637236869681607615&amp;sdata=mXDnSjTvbw6FsUVLKpXsw4wSv6mdfXfutAFWtsYPP60%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>The Globe and Mail<\/i>, April 27<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cCFIB also has some concerns including that the program may be too complicated and too reliant on landlords to administer. In particular, as landlords do not have to participate and will be expected to accept some losses under the program, they may choose to ignore it, even if their tenants badly need it.\u201d<br \/>\nLaura Jones, Executive Vice-President, Canadian Federation of Independent Business\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.cfib-fcei.ca\/en\/media\/news-releases\/cfib-statement-canada-emergency-commercial-rent-assistance-announcement. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cfib-fcei.ca%2Fen%2Fmedia%2Fnews-releases%2Fcfib-statement-canada-emergency-commercial-rent-assistance-announcement&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJShupac%40ndp.on.ca%7Cb7efa0a543c0457d7a0f08d7eb8e8672%7C6b9fd2ec77a64ae0822a6bb9108fb274%7C0%7C0%7C637236869681617604&amp;sdata=CBoXms4x%2BH0RlmU%2BDRpqbBuDb6U5uEVYwdPQMUqB%2BdM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CFIB, April 24<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe caveat is that tenants who need rent relief can only get help if their landlords join the program and currently there is no national ban on commercial evictions.\u201d<br \/>\nWendy Paradis, President,\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/ca.travelpulse.com\/news\/features\/acta-commends-rent-relief-but-wants-commercial-evictions-banned.html. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fca.travelpulse.com%2Fnews%2Ffeatures%2Facta-commends-rent-relief-but-wants-commercial-evictions-banned.html&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJShupac%40ndp.on.ca%7Cb7efa0a543c0457d7a0f08d7eb8e8672%7C6b9fd2ec77a64ae0822a6bb9108fb274%7C0%7C0%7C637236869681617604&amp;sdata=joSqLY9uDiW6bZ27mPxN%2FDxQPwNRGkO8Fd3%2BlLdDQxU%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACTA, April 28<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cI don\u2019t know if the landlord will apply or not\u2026 I don\u2019t want to go further into debt because of this\u2026 the stress of not knowing is what\u2019s so upsetting to me<i>.\u201d\u200b<\/i><i><br \/>\n<\/i>Kerry Warnaar, owner of Jungle Oasis, an indoor playground in Orangeville<i>,<\/i><i>\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-with-may-rent-looming-tenants-and-landlords-confused-over-ottawas\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theglobeandmail.com%2Fbusiness%2Farticle-with-may-rent-looming-tenants-and-landlords-confused-over-ottawas%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJShupac%40ndp.on.ca%7Cb7efa0a543c0457d7a0f08d7eb8e8672%7C6b9fd2ec77a64ae0822a6bb9108fb274%7C0%7C0%7C637236869681627599&amp;sdata=oERlmsKkX%2FQkd1EgjVrtra9Cieh8Dldvj0fGj63Vdcw%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Globe and Mail,\u00a0April 24<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Businesses across the province have already been forced to close forever or are currently facing eviction thanks to Conservative inaction, and it\u2019s clear this new broken program doesn\u2019t go anywhere near far enough. Ontario New Democrats are calling on the Conservatives to step up to the plate with the real rent relief and supports that businesses deserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rent is due in three days, but business owners and advocates are worried that Ontario\u2019s broken new rent relief program will only lead to more closed doors.\u00a0 Here\u2019s just some of what Ontario\u2019s business community has had to say: \u201cThe main concern that I am hearing from our clients, is that the landlord may &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorials"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 19:45:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31019,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31018\/revisions\/31019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}