Julie Kwiecinski

We are looking to the city to not opt out of the schedule 9 amendments passed in Bill 66: An act to restore Ontario's competitiveness by amending or repealing certain acts

King St. Pilot Project and ensuring that the project's impact on small business owners in the area is understood and considered before any final decisions on the project's permanency are made.

Toronto's COVID-19 response for small businesses.

Lobbying to adopt a construction mitigation program, including direct financial compensation to significantly impacted businesses, to be attached to major infrastructure related construction projects

Lobbying to maintain Toronto's small business property tax sub class and for commercial property tax rates to stay at or below current levels (property tax reductions where possible).

Asking the City to streamline its permitting processes and to introduce publicly available service standards around permitting