COVID Related Programs
Food donation for excess inventory
City of Ottawa Council approved a Farm Grant Program to provide financial relief to working farmers. The grant program will assist eligible farm property owners by allowing the June final tax instalment to be paid in December 2020.
Ontario Taxes and Covid 19 Relief Measures
The financial relief package allows businesses to defer premium reporting and payments until August 31, 2020. Businesses who report and pay monthly, quarterly or annually based on their insurable earnings are eligible for this deferral.
To continue to help reduce the financial burden on businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, any repayment of deferred WSIB premiums will not begin before January 2021. We will provide more information on the repayment installment schedule for deferred amounts, along with 2021 premium rate information, in the fall.
Any employer participating in the financial relief package will have to report deferred amounts by October 31, 2020. Regular monthly and quarterly reporting and payment schedules will resume in September 2020 for all businesses.
To support families, small businesses and farms while Ontario plans for the safe and gradual reopening of the province, the Government of Ontario has introduced a new fixed electricity price of 12.8 ¢/kWh for customers that are on time-of-use (TOU) prices. Effective June 1, 2020, that price applies to electricity used at all hours of the day, seven days a week. Having the same price apply at all hours of the day is a more predictable way to pay for power at a time when Ontarians continue to work and learn from home.
LARGE EMPLOYER EMERGENCY FINANCING FACILITY (LEEFF)
Business Networks
OBIAA Ontario Business Improvement Area Association
International Downtown Association
Restaurants Canada (The Voice of Foodservice)
Ontario Restaurant Hotel and Motel Association
Professional Convention Management Association
Meeting Professionals International
Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs