Jon Shell: When the federal government first announced its intention to provide the CECRA rent relief program on Apr. 16, it provided much needed hope. But that hope has faded.
A closed store front boutique business called Francis Watson pleads for help displaying a sign in Toronto on Apr. 16, 2020. SaveSmallBusiness.ca
They were strange comments from someone with the power to stop evictions. For local business owners, it was, watching a politician choose rhetoric over action once again. Doug Ford, a business owner himself, is supposed to have their backs. To casual observers, journalists and politicians, this doesn’t make any sense. Isn’t it a better deal to get 75 per cent of rent owed instead of nothing?
Tenants have often put hundreds of thousands of dollars into equipment and fixtures, and have personally guaranteed their leases . If they’re evicted, they lose everything. This gives the landlords the upper hand.
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