432-01144 (Business and trade)
- Keywords
- Canada's COVID-19 Economic Response Plan
- COVID-19
- Pandemic
- Small and medium-sized enterprises
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
WHEREAS
- COVID-19 resulted in a crisis in the Small Business sector;
- During the pandemic, revenues were catastrophically impacted as a result of closures, capacity limits & social restrictions;
- Operating costs have spiked; and
- The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS), Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS), Canada Emergency Business Account and Highly Affected Sectors Credit Availability Program have played a critical role in saving jobs, but some businesses remain ineligible due only to the timing of their projects.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:
1. Adjust eligibility for these programs to include both New and Newly-Expanded Businesses, who can demonstrate that their project was non-reversible at the outset of the pandemic;
2. Implement an alternate method for determining CEWS and CERS rates for these businesses;
3. Back pay to March 15th, 2020 both CEWS and CERS to these businesses based on the alternate rate.
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Gord Johns
(Courtenay—Alberni)
June 17, 2021 (Petition No. 432-01144)
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Petitions identical to 432-01144 (Business and trade)
Identical Petition | Presenter | Date of Presentation | Signatures |
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432-01144 | Gord Johns | June 17, 2021 | 64 |
432-00987 | Gord Johns | May 27, 2021 | 31 |
Total signatures | 95 |