Independent businesses lobby for expanded federal supports as trade war heats up, and Joly top-lobbied minister in August

In late August, the eligibility criteria was updated for the Regional Tariff Response Initiative to allow more smaller businesses access federal funding.
AI Minister Evan Solomon, who's also responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, said the expanded Regional Tariff Response Initiative provides additional support 'to help businesses respond to tariff pressures,' in a FedDev Ontario press release on Sept. 8.

A call for Ottawa to close gaps that excluded some small businesses from accessing needed federal support, as well as talks about what retailers can do as part of a Buy Canadian strategy were among the federal advocacy issues tackled in August as businesses struggle under th...

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