With Ontario’s government poised to announce details of the province’s reopening plan, the Retail Council of Canada is doubling down on its lobbying efforts. Members of Provincial Parliament have received hundreds of letters over the past several days from business owners pleading for the reopening of non-essential businesses.
The Retail Council advocates for a 20 percent capacity limit on all stores. “A low-capacity but diffuse model is better than picking a bunch of winners and losers and getting into ‘essential’ versus ‘non-essential’ category definitions,” said Karl Littler, the council’s senior VP. Non-essential stores in Quebec may open at limited capacity beginning today.
