Small-business advocates say move is desperately needed and something Canadian provinces have been far too slow to act on
A man wearing a protective face mask waits at a bus stop in front of boarded up stores, in Vancouver, on Thursday, April 16, 2020.B.C. has become the largest province in Canada to impose a ban on commercial evictions for landlords who refuse to participate in the federal rent-relief program when their tenant qualifies.
“I would give Carole James a virtual-distance high five. This is going to give some anxious tenants some breathing room,” said Laura Jones, the Vancouver-based executive vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Business. But one local developer said he’s shocked that the province has moved to a system that will force many landlords to take a 25-per-cent cut.
“But, for some guy who owns a little strip mall, it will be very hard to lose that 25 per cent,” Mr. Stovell said.“My landlord is going to take the 25-per-cent hit, but not everybody is in that kind of position,” said Sharon Hayles, who has run Diane’s Lingerie on Granville Street for 38 years. She has heard that other landlords have been much tougher on their tenants, refusing to participate in the CECRA agreement for various reasons.
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