Bigger than the bottom line: Canada needs small businesses to keep their lights on

We’re now past that 60-day mark. Canada’s economy relies on those small businesses, and so we must do more to help them.

Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade Mary Ng, pictured on May 25, 20202, on the Hill. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Salesforce, the world’s leading CRM company, will begin the process of providing $10,000 grants to 62 small businesses across the country on Monday, June 1, writes Perrin Beatty. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PERRIN BEATTY

June 1, 2020

Canadian small businesses—and all the Canadians behind them—have been on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19. From creating new business models almost overnight, to implementing unprecedented health and safety measures, to revamping production lines to manufacture critical supplies, th...

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