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Ontario government allowing some businesses to reopen on May 4
Ontario government has announced that certain businesses and workplaces can reopen on Monday with strict public health measures in effect. The government said businesses permitted to reopen include seasonal businesses and some essential construction projects.
The government said following proper health and safety guidelines, these businesses can reopen as of May 4 at 12:01 a.m.:
- Garden centres and nurseries with curbside pick-up and delivery only
- Lawn care and landscaping
- Additional essential construction projects that include: shipping and logistics, broadband, telecommunications, and digital infrastructure; any other project that supports the improved delivery of goods and services; municipal projects; colleges and universities; child care centres; schools; and site preparation, excavation, and servicing for institutional, commercial, industrial and residential development
- Automatic and self-serve car washes
- Auto dealerships, open by appointment only
- Golf courses may prepare their courses for the upcoming season, but not open to the public
- Marinas may also begin preparations for the recreational boating season by servicing boats and other watercraft and placing boats in the water, but not open to the public. Boats and watercraft must be secured to a dock in the marina until public access is allowed.
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Alberta to partially open economy on Monday
The first step in Alberta's plan to reopen its economy will emphasize outdoor activities, with golf courses to open on Monday followed by shops, bars and restaurants by mid-May. Premier Jason Kenney detailed his government's plan for a multi-stage relaunch that will depend on the province's continued ability to control the spread of the coronavirus and curb the number of COVID-19 patients who need hospital care. The gradual relaunch plan will begin Monday with the resumption of some non-urgent surgeries and office reopenings for dentists, physiotherapists, speech and respiratory therapists, social workers and dieticians.
Provincial parks will begin opening Monday with some boat launches available though washrooms and garbage pickup in the parks will not be immediately available. The province will open as many campsites as possible by June 1 with Alberta Parks's online reservation system coming online May 14. Private and municipal campgrounds can reopen under their own authority.
Vehicle access to parking lots and staging areas in parks and on public lands will begin on Monday.
Under Stage 1, some businesses and facilities could be allowed to gradually resume operations as early as May 14, including:
- Retail businesses, such as clothing, furniture and bookstores. All vendors at farmers markets will also be able to operate.
- Hairstyling and barbershops.
- Museums and art galleries.
- Daycares and out-of-school care with limits on occupancy.
- Summer camps with limits on occupancy. That could include summer school.
- Cafés and restaurants with no bar service to reopen for public seating at 50 per cent capacity.
Under Stage 2, additional businesses and services would be allowed to reopen, with two-metre physical distancing requirements and other public health guidelines in place. That might include:
- Kindergarten to Grade 12 schools, with restrictions.
- More scheduled surgeries, including backlog elimination.
- Personal services, such as artificial tanning, esthetics, cosmetic skin and body treatments, manicures, pedicures, waxing, facial treatments, massage and reflexology.
- Permitting some larger gatherings (number of people to be determined).
- Movie theatres and theatres open with restrictions.
- Visitors to patients at health-care facilities will continue to be limited.
Stage 3. That would mean fully reopening all businesses and services, with some limited restrictions still in place, and:
- Permitting larger gatherings, permitting arts and culture festivals, concerts and major sporting events, with some restrictions.
- Permitting nightclubs, gyms, pools, recreation centres and arenas to reopen, with restrictions.
- Resuming industry conferences, with restrictions.
- Lifting restrictions on non-essential travel.
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Nova Scotia eases restrictions
The Nova Scotia government announced Friday it is immediately easing some public health restrictions around COVID-19, including opening all municipal and provincial parks. Some of the initial steps include:
- Reopening provincial and municipal parks (excluding playgrounds and beaches), trails and community gardens. Skate parks are open. Provincial parks won't have visitor facilities available to the public, including parking lots, washroom facilities and garbage collection because it is still off-season.
- Reopening garden centres, nurseries and similar businesses.
- Sport fishing is permitted from shore or boat, but fishing derbies are not allowed.
People are now allowed to go to boating, yacht or sailing clubs to prepare boats for use.
- Golf driving ranges can open, including those at golf clubs. Courses must remain closed, but golf clubs can perform the necessary preparation work for reopening.
- People can use their cottages, but use is restricted to one household unit at a time. Travel must be directly to the cottage and back. Travelling back and forth frequently from cottage to primary residence is discouraged. This does not apply to cottage rentals.
- Provincial and private campgrounds are still closed, but staff are now permitted to do maintenance work for reopening. An exception to this rule is recreational vehicles parked year-round at private campgrounds, which can be used but must follow the same rules.
- Drive-thru religious services will be allowed as long as people stay in their cars and are parked two metres apart and there is no interaction between people in cars or between people in cars and others.
Rules around physical distancing and social gatherings remain in place. People must keep two metres apart and not gather in groups of more than five.
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Canada has entered a recession due to pandemic: C.D. Howe
Canada has officially entered a recession due to the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the C.D. Howe Institute's Business Cycle Council declared Friday.
The council said the economy peaked in February before the steps taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus brought the economy to a standstill. The C.D. Howe council defines a recession as a pronounced, persistent, and pervasive decline in aggregate economic activity and it looks at both GDP and employment as its main measures.
The March jobs report showed more than a million jobs were lost in the month, while a preliminary estimate by Statistics Canada suggested the economy contracted by nine per cent in the same month.
Statistics Canada reported Thursday that economic growth had stalled going into the crisis, with real gross domestic product essentially unchanged in February due to teacher strikes in Ontario and rail blockades across many parts of the country.
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Tiff Macklem appointed the next Governor of the Bank of Canada
Finance Minister Bill Morneau has appointed Tiff Macklem, the former senior deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, to take over the top job at the central bank. Macklem is currently the dean of the Rotman School of Management in Toronto but had spent decades with the Bank of Canada before starting that appointment. Macklem began his career at the bank in 1984. He was widely expected to win the contest for bank governor in 2013, but was beaten out by Stephen Poloz, who was then CEO of Export Development Canada.
Poloz's term as Governor of the Bank of Canada ends June 2.
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MAY 4, 2020
AT 2:00 PM ET
CFA Government Relations Update: Focus on Commercial Rent Relief
50 CFE PARTICIPATION CREDITS
SPEAKERS: David Black, Director, Government Relations & Public Policy, Canadian Franchise Association; Scott Munnoch, Senior Counsel, Temple Scott Associates Inc
Join David Black, CFA’s head of Government Relations, and Scott Munnoch, Senior Counsel of Temple Scott Associates Inc, for a rapid-fire update on recent developments in government relief measures for businesses..
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MAY 5, 2020
AT 2:00 PM ET
Managing Supply Chain Risks and Interruptions
50 CFE PARTICIPATION CREDITS
MODERATOR: David Druker, The UPS Store Canada
SPEAKERS: Sean Bell, Mary Brown’s Inc.; Mark Cunningham, Smoke’s Poutinerie; George Szewchuk, Szewchuk & Associates Inc.
Join this webinar for a roundtable discussion on what some franchisors are doing to manage disruptions to their supply chains and how they looking to adjust moving forward.
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MAY 7, 2020
AT 2:00 PM ET
The Corona Crisis and Franchisors: coping with the fall out; getting ready for the turnaround!
50 CFE PARTICIPATION CREDITS
SPEAKERS: Ned Levitt, Dickinson Wright LLP and Hylton Levy, Farber Group
In this webinar, learn to make the tough decisions and explore opportunities for the new "normal" post-corona-crisis so that you can take advantage of the possibilities.
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MAY 4, 2020
AT 12:00 PM ET
Expand Your Franchise to Canada: All You Need to Know!
SPONSORED BY MNP LLP
MODERATOR: Sherry McNeil, President & CEO, Canadian Franchise Association
PANELISTS: John DeHart, Chief Strategist of Hartify Franchise Consulting and Past Chair, CFA Board of Directors; Larry Weinberg, Partner at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP and Secretary & General Counsel, CFA; Rick Chittley-Young, Partner at MNP LLP and Past Board Member, CFA
Through recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, there are growth opportunities available in Canada for franchising as it's the 12th largest economy sector. Here is your chance to hear from Canadian Franchise experts and learn how you can grow your system successfully in Canada from A to Z.
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- Suzanne Howie, Franchise Support, Print Three Franchising Corp.
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Every member of the CFA community is dealing with an issue that is affecting the world, our industries, our communities, our businesses, and our people.
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