“It has built an anger through all of us, and we bring it home to our families. The ones that we love the most are feeling the brunt of the abuse that we’ve had through the CRL project,” she said.
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Shobhana Ranchhodji owns the Roma Blooms Florist and says the business community is angry and suffering emotionally. “There is nothing else but compensation that can help us through this.” Vijay Chauhan, the owner of the Taj Mahal restaurant on Albert St, attended the protest. He wants the government to provide rent relief. “Day by day we are getting so scared thinking about this main street closing, two years is a long time and rents are not easy, hardly anyone will be able to survive,” he said.
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