Dear Business and Community Leaders,
We hope you are keeping safe. The Government of Ontario just announced further restrictions for Ontario. See the government news release here for more details. Key details from the announcement are outlined below.
Our response: The OCC and OBOT are pleased to share this statement in response to the government’s newly announced province-wide stay-at-home order. We are calling for:
- We need an all-hands on deck approach from all orders of government and local public health units to get vaccines to Ontarians.
- New supports must be made available as customers are forced to stay at home and relief is needed for industries that have been left out of previous measures.
Key Details from the Ontario Government Release
- Closing all non-essential construction
- Capacity limits in-person shopping at 25% (includes grocery, convenient stores, indoor farmer’ markets)
- All outdoor recreation amenities are closed – golf courses, basketball courts, soccer fields, and playground with limited exceptions
- Prohibit all outdoor social gatherings excepts for people in the same household
- Funerals, weddings, and religious rites ceremonies limited to 10 people indoors or outdoors
- 25% more future vaccine allocations to hot spot communities
- Closing Quebec and Manitoba inter-provincial borders
- New police enforcement – people can be stopped and asked what their purpose is to leave their home & can be required to provide their home address
I know you are fatigued, frustrated and fearful for the future. We hear you. We continue to focus on getting the support you need to get you from here to there. Thank you for your continued resilience and commitment to your business, your employees and your community. Ever grateful.
Be well. Stay connected. Buy local.
Yours truly,
Sueling
Sueling Ching | President & CEO | Ottawa Board of Trade
