Saanich – Gulf Islands: Resources for the Business Community
I am writing to share the most recent information on the various government programmes available to self-employed people and owners of small- or medium-sized enterprises during this COVID-19 crisis.
Many of our critical local businesses are experiencing substantial losses due the COVID-19 pandemic. As your Member of Parliament, I am doing all that I can to ensure effective and adequate support for business owners and self-employed individuals. We must get through this pandemic with all our employers and companies, large and small, still standing. Clearly, the existing programmes are not providing comprehensive support. There are holes. Hearing from you about your specific challenges is so helpful so that I can press for your concerns to be addressed. Your value to our communities is so important.
My team and I have put together the following list of available resources. I hope you will find this information useful.
I know the federal government can do more. Please rest assured I am in daily contact with key ministers, working hard to get money back into our local economy as soon as possible.
If you have any questions or require any assistance, my constituency office is here to help. Although our doors are closed for walk-in appointments, please contact us via telephone at 250-657-2000 or by email at Elizabeth.May@parl.gc.ca. Visit my website for more information and updates.
Most importantly, stay healthy and safe. We will get through this together.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth May, O.C.
Member of Parliament
Saanich-Gulf Islands
Parliamentary Leader of the Green Party of Canada
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES
Business Credit Availability Programme
Tax information
Canada Emergency Response Benefit
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES
Tax information
LOCAL PROGRAMMES
Tiny Victoria Small Business Relief Fund
USEFUL LINKS
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December 13th, 2020
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December 6th, 2020
Good Sunday Morning – November 29
November 29th, 2020
Green Party calls on government to declare housing and homelessness national crises, clamp down on commodification of housing market
February 10th, 2021
Greens raising alarm on rapid erosion of public transportation across Canada
January 25th, 2021
Green Party urges focus and collaboration as MPs return to Parliament
January 24th, 2021
Greens join in multi-party press conference to mark the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons coming into force
January 21st, 2021
Green MPs Elizabeth May and Jenica Atwin recognized in Maclean’s 12th annual Parliamentarians of the Year awards
January 13th, 2021
Green Party condemns steady erosion of civil liberties in Hong Kong
January 6th, 2021
‘Twas just weeks before Christmas…
December 9th, 2020
Elizabeth asks Environment Minister to close Basel Convention loophole
December 9th, 2020
Elizabeth’s statement on the 50th anniversary of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women
December 7th, 2020
Green Caucus letter to Mins. Bains and O’Regan re: Small Modular Reactors
November 9th, 2020
Green Caucus stands in solidarity with pro-democracy protests in Bulgaria
September 14th, 2020
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