Madam Speaker, the government must support small businesses that are falling through the cracks.
The owners of Bear and Joey, a new restaurant in my riding, are facing the exact same challenges as other small business owners, but they had the bad luck of opening during a global pandemic. After years of planning and pouring their life-savings into developing their business, they do not qualify for wage or rent subsidies.
When will the government give start-ups and all small businesses the help they need to survive, and stop leaving businesses like Bear and Joey to face this pandemic on their own.