Seems poignant that after I wrote this piece on Friday, New Brunswick announced this: New Brunswick Education Minister Dominic Cardy announces a reopening plan for daycares in…… Read more “I’ve got a bad feeling about this…”
Month: May 2020
As I was saying…
In my previous posting. This was from last night’s Power and Politics on CBC. https://twitter.com/pnpcbc/status/1261421350956105728?s=21 It’s time to extend that tenant protection to small businesses.
There are lessons we should already apply from COVID19
We are in week whatever of COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. It’s not surprising that talk is shifting to re-opening our economy. We’ve been cooped up for too long…… Read more “There are lessons we should already apply from COVID19”
Government needs to sweeten the pot
The help is on the table. Landlords need to take it. I’ve written about the federal government’s commercial rent assistance program called CECRA before, here and here.…… Read more “Government needs to sweeten the pot”
My latest opinion piece on small business help was published in The Spec
You can read it on the website here: May 1 has come and passed. In the time before COVID-19 life would have continued at its normal pace.…… Read more “My latest opinion piece on small business help was published in The Spec”
When the restaurant closures hit close to home
This post came across my feed. https://www.facebook.com/155962294461923/posts/3213087578749364/ This hits particularly close to home. Emma’s was an iconic restaurant here in Burlington. For thirty years the restaurant was…… Read more “When the restaurant closures hit close to home”
Welcome to our Grand Re-Re-Opening
Screenshot from Bob’s Burgers After three months of social distancing, we are itching to change our routines. We’re worried about our collective economic livelihoods. We’re worried about…… Read more “Welcome to our Grand Re-Re-Opening”
Leaders also follow the rules…
Doug Ford gives an update on the COVID-19 pandemic I had just finished writing my last posting when I went to check Twitter and found this from…… Read more “Leaders also follow the rules…”
The best laid plans…and all that.
Try to remember the start of this pandemic. I know it feels like a lifetime ago, but really try to remember the start. The uncertainty and the…… Read more “The best laid plans…and all that.”
No time like the present to accept help
I wrote a second opinion piece that I’m hoping will be published. You can read it here first. May 1st has come and passed. In the time…… Read more “No time like the present to accept help”
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