Foodbenders
1162 Bloor Street West M6h1n1 Toronto, ON, Canada

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Please help us get to 100 signatures and more. We will not last long without rent forgiveness!

Rent forgiveness. Not rent freeze! What happens to a small business forced to shut down for potentially months? The overhead costs of our rents, utility bills and financial debts go on while we sell nothing. Small businesses often have little cash flow or savings, so many will not last long without financial support. If we can reopen when this is over, we will not sell the equivalent revenue of the months lost to recover those costs. Significant financial losses will like...ly bankrupt many small businesses and their owners. Without government intervention, the outlook is bleak. Rent freeze means pay all the rent later. Loans or credit put us in debt that sets us back years. What we need now is immediate rent and utility FORGIVENESS, as in - the government pays our rent and bills until this is over! The offer of loans at 3.3%+ by the BDC misses the point entirely. This isn’t a cash flow issue, it’s a cash issue. We will never regain the lost revenue. It’s also insulting the government sees this as a cash grab opportunity to sell us interest loans. We need grants. Small businesses do not just provide jobs, they also provide the grounds for culture and social life. If they disappear you will be left with mega corporations like Walmart, Cineplex and MacDonald’s, that put their profits above your health while exploiting the poor. Diversity in food, entertainment and social life will be wiped out. These corporations don’t need rent forgiveness, they are hoarding the world’s wealth and can pay for it themselves. Rent forgiveness now or this will be us. I hope Julie and Justin are listening. [email protected] #bloordale #smallbusiness #rentforgiveness #rentfree #canada #covid_19 #toronto #socialism #BDC #liberals #solidarity #revolution #capitalism #neoliberalism #BIA #coronacapitalism @ Toronto, Ontario

Change.org has put out a petition to insist on federal government support for entrepreneurs and self employed workers, asking for inclusion in EI benefits and suspension of government taxes, utility bills, rents and mortgages. Please sign and share. Link in bio. @ Toronto, Ontario