business support Archives - First Policy Response

News about CEWS – Smart – Finances of the Nation

December 8, 2020

Billions are being spent on economic recovery – Doyle – Toronto Star

November 12, 2020

Could alleviating student debt be the key to restarting Canada’s entrepreneurial engine? – Lamb – Globe and Mail

November 9, 2020

Putting bread on the table: How Canada can protect our food supply chain

October 8, 2020

by Leah Davidson

Four ways Canadian governments can help small business survive COVID-19’s second wave – [Medium]

September 22, 2020

Inclusion and equity are key to economic recovery

September 15, 2020

by Wendy Cukier

Businesses were desperate for a rent-relief program. – The Logic/FP

August 25, 2020

Minority-run businesses quickly adjusted to COVID-19. Here’s how to keep their recovery going – [Toronto Star]

July 29, 2020

Public confidence and the COVID-19 economy

June 30, 2020

by Ken Boessenkool

From Surviving to Thriving: Why Canada must do more for its start-ups and scale-ups in crisis – Villeneuve and Elias – [BII+E]

June 9, 2020

The case for a temporary moratorium on mergers and acquisitions

May 27, 2020

Why hasn’t Doug Ford instituted a ban on evictions to save small businesses? – Jon Shell – [Macleans]

May 25, 2020

Canada needs a small business recovery plan

May 11, 2020

by Will Meneray

Uneven impact of COVID-19 on Canadian businesses – Marco Vigliotti – [iPolitics]

May 6, 2020

Why A Commercial Evictions Moratorium is Absolutely Necessary To Save Small Business – Shell – [Medium]

April 24, 2020

Bold government procurement policies can help companies recover from crisis – Moundu and Deacon – [Globe&Mail]

April 21, 2020

Fixing the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy

April 15, 2020

The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy is the right tool for this crisis – B Robson + Bishop – [FT/ CD Howe]

April 4, 2020

The COVID-19 Crisis and Policy Preferences of Canadian Technology Scale-ups [Munk]

April 2, 2020

Bold and Broad: Federal Government Announces Details for Wage Subsidy [RBC]

April 1, 2020

What’s at risk?

March 30, 2020

by Matthew Mendelsohn

What are policy professionals saying we must do first?

March 24, 2020

by Matthew Mendelsohn

Catherine McIntyre, Fatima Syed, Zane Schwartz and Murad Hemmadi

March 24, 2020

David Samuel and William Robson

March 22, 2020

Erin Millar, Teara Fraser, and Suzanne Siemens

March 20, 2020