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WINDSOR An umbrella group for auto parts makers, one of Southwestern Ontario’s largest employers, is reaching out to the White House amid concerns about a “vaccination gap” developing between the U.S. and Canada that could hurt cross-border trade.
The move by the Auto Parts Manufacturers Association (APMA) is the latest appeal by some Canadians, including Ontario Premier Doug Ford, to U.S. authorities to help ease a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines on this side of the border that’s not expected to get better until late February or March.
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The Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce is calling on the province to ensure businesses have advance warning and a concrete plan in place when they are given the green light to re-open.
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The Windsor Business Excellence Awards has traded the mantra of the show must go on to the show will go on in announcing Wednesday new dates for its 30
th annual edition.
The awards were postponed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but have been rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. May 20 at St. Clair College’s Centre for the Arts.
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“We’re in extraordinary times that continues to bring hardships to many businesses,” said Jason Ilijanic, past chair of the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Posted: Jan 25, 2021 5:20 PM ET | Last Updated: January 25
The Panache Restaurant on Pitt Street East is one of several restaurants in Windsor Essex that can take advantage of DINE#YQG.(Dale Molnar/CBC)
The Windsor-Essex County Regional Chamber of Commerce has partnered with Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island (TWEPI) and CUPE Local 543 to provide a $154,000 program to help local restaurants struggling with the pandemic closure. We all know that because of the pandemic and because of the long term condition, this particular sector has taken a huge hit, said chamber president Rakesh Naidu in a teleconferenced announcement Monday morning.
The program called DINE#YQG includes a website that lists local restaurants and has pictures featuring some of their meals and how to place an order.
WINDSOR, ONT. Small business owners are increasingly considering calling it quits according to a new survey of Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) members because of pandemic hardships – and businesses in Windsor-Essex may have it harder than most. On Thursday, the CFIB released results of its survey conducted from Jan. 12 – 16 which showed one in six, or approximately 181,000 Canadian small businesses are at risk of closure. “We haven’t yet hit the bottom and that’s the most concerning part,” said Rakesh Naidu, the President and CEO of the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce. Naidu says the region’s position as a border city has resulted in even greater challenges for local businesses – cut off from its American customer base with the months-long closure of the border to non-essential travel.