Uncertainty Over Ontario’s Reopening Plan Leaves Small Businesses ‘Extremely Frustrated’: Advocacy Group

A storefront on Roncesvalles Avenue in Toronto displays a "for lease" sign as part of a protest against the Ontario government's pandemic lockdown rules, on Nov. 24, 2020. The Canadian Press/Jody White

Small business owners in Ontario are growing increasingly frustrated after a year of mandatory lockdowns and amid the province’s uncertain reopening schedule, says the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).

Premier Doug Ford’s government said that its three-step reopening plan, step one of which is expected to start the week of June 14, would depend on “current trends in key health indicators,” adding that the reopening would be confirmed “closer to the expected start of step one.”