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Ontario's New Helping Tenants and Small Businesses Act, 2020

Sep 30, 2020

With the expiration of Ontario’s Protecting Small Business Act, 2020 (the “PSBA”) on September 1, 2020, and the federal government’s September 17th announcement that the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (“CECRA”) program was extended for the month of September, the government of Ontario tabled the Helping Tenants and Small Businesses Act, 2020 (the “HTSBA”).

In this News ReLease we provide an update on the CECRA program, an overview of the HTSBA and outline the tenancies to which it applies.

Read the full article here: Ontario's New Helping Tenants and Small Businesses Act, 2020

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