Gates Demands Emergency Funding for Niagara Restaurants

Wednesday, 18 November 2020 13:36

By Linda Morgan

One Niagara MPP is asking Premier Doug Ford to provide funding for Niagara bars and restaurants.

At yesterday's legislature, NDP MPP Wayne Gates reminded Ford that Niagara is a tourist hotspot that relies on restaurants and bars.

He says that 13 percent of all jobs in the area are tied to that sector, and recent COVID-19 restrictions introduced in the region are making it difficult for those businesses to make ends meet.

Gates went on to say that should further restrictions occur, the provincial government has a responsibility to help restaurants and bars survive.

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Gates Demands Emergency Funding for Niagara Restaurants

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