Dan Kelly said : “CFIB has confirmed that independent retailers inside Ontario malls must remain closed unless they have an exterior door,” “This is deeply unfair – the playing field between the big guys and small business needs to be level. Let’s find a way to safely reopen all”

680news Tuesday, June 8, 2021 1:12:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly added : “Many small tenants in malls have an exterior door at the back of their shop. While CFIB is pushing to allow all mall retailers to have access to in-store customers thru the mall itself, we call on mall operators and the province to ensure they can use all doors to serve the public,”

680news Tuesday, June 8, 2021 1:12:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : "Ontario is the only jurisdiction right now, anywhere on the continent, that has closed retailers," "We believe that restaurant patios should be open, and in fact, even a limited capacity for inside dining. We want to see retailers open with a capacity restraint"

barrie Wednesday, June 2, 2021 10:57:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Businesses deserve to know exactly when it’s their time to finally reopen to customers and plan for rehiring employees, cleaning and sanitizing the premises, acquiring inventory, and other reopening activities,”

cknw Friday, May 21, 2021 3:44:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “There’s a pandemic component but it’s not just the pandemic,” “There are companies that have exited the insurance market in Canada, and that has left a lack of competition in some circles. So that’s another driving factor”

TorontoStar Wednesday, May 12, 2021 3:14:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I am really worried we’re at the breaking point,”

globalnews Wednesday, May 12, 2021 2:02:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “It’s not a good idea, but I can understand why businesses are at that breaking point. Their entire livelihood is at stake,”

globalnews Wednesday, May 12, 2021 2:02:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "The worry is even deepening and more business owners will say, 'You know what, there’s no pathway back to having any sort of profitability for some time,'"

barrie Monday, May 10, 2021 2:11:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We are disgusted with it, and we will do whatever we can to protect city property. It’s our responsibility to take care of city property. This will not go on without proper remedy,”

hjnews Friday, May 7, 2021 3:49:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Between accounting for the federal and provincial support programs, new costs, remote work, laying off and rehiring workers throughout the year, many small businesses need more time to get the books in order,” “Sadly, the federal government has ignored calls to extend 2021 tax deadlines despite providing that relief last year”

citynews-ca Thursday, April 29, 2021 5:40:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I know there are many who feel like employers should be responsible for paid sick days. But now is certainly not the time to add new costs to small businesses who are barely surviving. Let’s improve the current COVID sick benefit now and resume the larger debate post-pandemic,”

chathamdailynews Tuesday, April 27, 2021 11:00:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We are concerned about the significant amount of non-COVID spending in this budget. Small business owners worry that today’s deficits will turn into tomorrow’s taxes,”

theepochtimes Wednesday, April 21, 2021 11:33:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “There are thousands and thousands of business owners who’ve received essentially nothing from any of the government support programs and it’s deeply unfair,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, April 20, 2021 11:20:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “But because they’re using the same criteria as the wage subsidy, new businesses won’t even qualify for that ... which is nuts to me,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, April 20, 2021 11:20:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Having said that, it breaks my heart to hear that survivors see it differently. That does upset me,” “I wish we could do something different, but I do stand by my decision in any way to not waive the attorney-client privilege, and I just hope that we can respectfully disagree on this issue and move forward”

mlive Friday, April 16, 2021 6:22:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "In terms of a start date we're tentatively looking at May 3," "We'll have to adjust as the guidelines come out"

barrie Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:30:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The trade agreements often primarily focus on tariffs and investment rules, both of which are very important elements for the business community. But the agreements often do not fully address various other trade frictions, like border procedures, paperwork requirements or assistance in ensuring timeliness in getting goods to markets,”

theglobeandmail Friday, April 9, 2021 2:01:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "CFIB is calling on the Ontario [government] to allow appointment based sales and service during the month long lockdown,"

CBC Friday, April 9, 2021 3:47:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “CFIB is calling on the Ontario (government) to allow appointment based sales and service during the month long lockdown,”

cp24 Thursday, April 8, 2021 10:58:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “There is a federal system of benefits available to that worker that employers are paying into,” “Let’s work to fix the federal program to make it faster and more complete”

TorontoStar Thursday, April 8, 2021 9:42:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We’ve been locking down the wrong things,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, April 6, 2021 11:03:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “People are not neutral about this,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, April 6, 2021 7:53:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “People are not neutral about this,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, April 6, 2021 2:21:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Lockdowns do not stop bills from coming in,"

barrie Sunday, April 4, 2021 7:59:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The mood of the business community has shifted dramatically,”

HindustanTimes Friday, April 2, 2021 8:36:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said ( about Hail Mary ) : “I thought our kids played tough, even down to the last Hail Mary. The ball just didn’t go our way at the end,” “Credit Saugus. They kept coming after us”

dailynews Friday, April 2, 2021 11:02:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Business owners are absolutely apoplectic. It is so disappointment to see what's become of Ontario's business community,"

barrie Thursday, April 1, 2021 9:30:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "I sit in Toronto right now, that's been in North America's longest lockdown. Restaurants have been now closed, as of today, indoor dining has been shutdown for 300 days, gyms for 293 days, hair salons, nail salons for 225 days, yet COVID is out of control," "So, are these measures that are not going to be reapplied to the entire province, actually leading to a reduction in COVID cases, because if that were the case this should have worked in Toronto an awful lot sooner. I worry that we're putting failed measures back in place across the province"

barrie Thursday, April 1, 2021 9:30:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly says : "everybody knows we have to take this seriously,"

barrie Thursday, April 1, 2021 9:30:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly told : "There are a lot of zombie businesses out there, businesses that are effectively dead, but the body doesn't know it yet,"

CBC Monday, March 29, 2021 11:17:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Many small businesses are no longer in business or are unsure of their future. CFIB itself has 15,000 fewer members as Canada enters a second year of the pandemic,"

barrie Thursday, March 18, 2021 11:49:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Despite promises from government to address this, there’s been zero action,"

ctvnews Thursday, March 18, 2021 12:12:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Once CEBA, and the wage subsidy, and then later the rent subsidy came on board, it became quite obvious that newer firms, firms that have been established in 2020, but some in 2019, were slipping through the cracks," "I’ve talked to hundreds if not thousands of businesses that are absolutely apoplectic"

ctvnews Thursday, March 18, 2021 12:12:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The government, understandably, was focused on this as a health-care emergency. And it took quite some time for them to recognize that there was an economic emergency that was coming along with the pandemic. And so they reacted too slowly,”

TorontoStar Wednesday, March 17, 2021 1:51:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said ( about Doug Ford ) : “From a small business perspective, the Ford government’s handling of the economic ramifications of the pandemic is the worst in Canada,”

TorontoStar Wednesday, March 17, 2021 1:51:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “This is by far the most severe lockdown measure that has been used in North American,”

680news Friday, March 5, 2021 2:17:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly says ( about Bill Morneau ) : “The banks had a weekly catch-up with (former minister of finance) Morneau. Bill Morneau hated my organization,”

TorontoStar Saturday, February 20, 2021 3:39:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “It isn’t a love-in between my organization and the banks. There’s many areas on which we disagree,” “But Canada needs more people who can work with others on issues on which they can agree — and set aside issues on which they disagree”

TorontoStar Saturday, February 20, 2021 3:39:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly wrote : “The absence of leadership in Ontario is absolutely breathtaking,”

TorontoStar Friday, February 19, 2021 11:35:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Small businesses have willingly adopted every new safety measure and protocol recommended by governments, and it is encouraging that so many are willing to consider using rapid screening in their workplaces,”

TorontoStar Friday, February 19, 2021 9:31:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Some of the rules are so nonsensical that I can understand why some business owners may be choosing to take the law into their own hands,”

TorontoStar Friday, February 19, 2021 8:33:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Some of the rules are so nonsensical that I can understand why some business owners may be choosing to take the law into their own hands,”

680news Friday, February 19, 2021 7:52:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “This has been a missing piece in Canada for far too long,”

smh Wednesday, February 10, 2021 6:07:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Under normal circumstances, the idea of small companies doing employee-based testing for anything would be a fantasy,”

smh Wednesday, February 10, 2021 6:07:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “That debt is going to be an anchor,” “It is going to drag that business underwater even as the restrictions begin to lift”

globalnews Wednesday, February 10, 2021 4:53:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “This has been a missing piece in Canada for far too long,”

theage Wednesday, February 10, 2021 4:39:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Under normal circumstances, the idea of small companies doing employee-based testing for anything would be a fantasy,”

theage Wednesday, February 10, 2021 4:39:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "We get that there is still a dangerous pandemic and that precautions are absolutely needed,"

barrie Monday, February 8, 2021 12:34:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly told : “Small businesses are hanging by a thread,”

citynews-ca Saturday, February 6, 2021 2:06:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly told : “Small businesses are hanging by a thread,”

680news Friday, February 5, 2021 8:09:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly told : “Small businesses are hanging by a thread,”

680news Thursday, February 4, 2021 9:19:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly added : “Business owners are on board to try to help their employees through their mental health issues wherever they possibly can,” “But there aren’t very many people that are actually thinking about the business owner, and the mental health challenges that they may be going through at this stage”

TorontoStar Wednesday, January 20, 2021 12:46:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said ( about Buffalo Niagara ) : "We're expecting the snow to persist across southern Erie County, inching up to the Buffalo area through the afternoon, and later settling in Southern Erie, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties,"

buffalonews Tuesday, January 19, 2021 6:35:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "A small wind could blow down small businesses at this point,"

barrie Sunday, January 17, 2021 3:22:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "To impose the costs on small firms at this stage would be really challenging, of course, because most small firms are desperately hanging to say stay on," "Any additional cost would be absolutely devastating"

CBC Thursday, January 14, 2021 9:14:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly writes : “No other province has locked down small retailers while handing huge competitive advantages to big box stores,”

cp24 Thursday, January 14, 2021 7:44:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “It was super disappointing. I didn't think that the province could actually make the rules worse, more confusing, more ineffective, more insane. But that's exactly what they did,”

cp24 Thursday, January 14, 2021 7:44:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly added : "The premier seems intent on killing small and medium-sized businesses, wherever possible,"

cp24 Thursday, January 14, 2021 7:44:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly writes : “No other province has locked down small retailers while handing huge competitive advantages to big box stores,”

barrie Thursday, January 14, 2021 7:28:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “It was super disappointing. I didn't think that the province could actually make the rules worse, more confusing, more ineffective, more insane. But that's exactly what they did,”

barrie Thursday, January 14, 2021 7:28:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly added : "The premier seems intent on killing small and medium-sized businesses, wherever possible,"

barrie Thursday, January 14, 2021 7:28:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We still haven’t got firm clarification. But our understanding is that at eight o’clock, a small business is not allowed to deliver a product to the customer’s doorstep, even leaving it there without even seeing them. But if they use a courier company to do it, that’s OK,” “That’s the interpretation we’ve been given at the moment”

TorontoStar Thursday, January 14, 2021 2:43:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly writes : “No other province has locked down small retailers while handing huge competitive advantages to big box stores,”

barrie Thursday, January 14, 2021 12:43:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “It was super disappointing. I didn't think that the province could actually make the rules worse, more confusing, more ineffective, more insane. But that's exactly what they did,”

barrie Thursday, January 14, 2021 12:43:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly added : "The premier seems intent on killing small and medium-sized businesses, wherever possible,"

barrie Thursday, January 14, 2021 12:43:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We think that allowing small firms to serve one or three customers at a time would actually take the pressure off of the big box stores,”

citynews-ca Wednesday, January 13, 2021 3:09:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I don’t understand why a small bookstore can’t hand the book – outdoors – to a customer after eight. But you can line up at Costco and buy it,” “If you send a product to a third-party delivery (service), like through the mail or through a courier, the … restriction won’t exist. But if you, as a business owner, happen to deliver it on your way home to your customer nearby, that’s prohibited. And we’re struggling to figure out on what planet that helps stop the spread of COVID”

citynews-ca Wednesday, January 13, 2021 3:09:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Ford has toasted his relationship with small business owners,” “No province in Canada has locked down small retailers while allowing box stores to remain open. Not a single one. All of them have medical offices of health advisors at the provincial and municipal level”

citynews-ca Wednesday, January 13, 2021 3:09:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “That’s going to be hundreds of dollars of new CPP premiums out of paycheques of middle-income Canadians not because they got a raise, but because the formula has not had a COVID adjustment,” “We think this is deeply unfair”

theepochtimes Wednesday, December 30, 2020 9:37:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "That's going to be hundreds of dollars of new CPP premiums out of paycheques of middle-income Canadians, not because they got a raise, but because the formula has not had a COVID adjustment," "We think this is deeply unfair"

CBC Wednesday, December 30, 2020 8:44:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “That’s going to be hundreds of dollars of new CPP premiums out of paycheques of middle-income Canadians not because they got a raise, but because the formula has not had a COVID adjustment,” “We think this is deeply unfair”

680news Wednesday, December 30, 2020 7:45:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “This is super dire. To lock down a huge swath of Ontario’s business community during a very crucial season is just going to be punishing,” “There’s no question there will be thousands and thousands of businesses that won’t make it”

TorontoStar Saturday, December 26, 2020 5:53:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : "Even if it is fully used it's not going to be enough to help small firms that are entirely shut down to survive until pandemic is over," "We're looking at weeks and months of economic ramifications before there is enough vaccines to resume normal business. The programs the province have announced are helpful, but insufficient to deal with the size, scope and length of the pandemic"

barrie Wednesday, December 23, 2020 12:56:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Today’s announcement guarantees the demise of thousands upon thousands of Ontario’s small businesses,”

globalresearch Tuesday, December 22, 2020 9:08:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly added : “Today’s grant announcement is a step in the right direction, but the province must open its wallet even more to help small businesses make it through the lockdown period,” “Let’s not forget that the government chose to close small businesses, so they cannot be expected to survive without full economic support. Nothing short of 100 per cent support for affected businesses will get them to the other side of COVID-19”

globalresearch Tuesday, December 22, 2020 9:08:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “did create, I think, a lack of clarity as to who would qualify and in those early days people rushed to apply,”

TorontoStar Saturday, December 19, 2020 2:29:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “To date, no other province has implemented Ontario’s bizarre rule to shut tight small retailers who may have a few in-store customers per day while allowing lines to grow at big box stores selling similar goods,”

globalnews Wednesday, December 9, 2020 2:46:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Even in an ordinary year, the period leading up to Christmas is a critical time for small, local businesses,"

CBC Monday, December 7, 2020 6:04:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly told : “We've already noticed a world of difference,”

politico Sunday, November 29, 2020 4:23:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Many small businesses are also having Black Friday sales, but they often get forgotten in the mix,"

barrie Saturday, November 28, 2020 2:48:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : "Our idea for making this tool is that it can allow policy makers to actually see in practice how ship strikes work," "We can make predictions about ship strikes without waiting for an accumulation of observed deaths. We don't have time to wait for that since there are so few of these animals left"

phys Friday, November 27, 2020 3:37:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "We like those ideas much better. At least her plan, though, is a lot fairer than the current arrangement where the big guys win, and the small guys lose," "What we're really pushing for is a safe pathway for small merchants to at least have a trickle of income through in-store sales. And we're pushing the premier, we're pushing the province to do just that"

cp24 Thursday, November 26, 2020 6:07:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "If retailers miss out on four weeks in late November [and] early December, they're done,"

CBC Thursday, November 26, 2020 12:33:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said ( about Doug Ford ) : "Doug Ford has unfortunately signed the death warrant of thousands and thousands of businesses,"

CBC Wednesday, November 25, 2020 12:10:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “I find on one level hard to criticize them because every retailer is in a fight for their life. These restrictions, literally the government has signed their death warrants. And I understand why they’re pushing back against the actual death of thousands of Ontarians. At the same time, there’s been a huge shift since the spring lockdowns”

TorontoStar Wednesday, November 25, 2020 5:38:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “What’s different is that we know an awful lot more about COVID-19,” “We know how it’s spread. Businesses have taken huge numbers of precautions to protect their customers and their staff. I’m not for a second suggesting that there’s no risk in a small retailer. But independent businesses are being shut down not because the business activity is more risky than other activities, but to send a message to the public. That’s what’s really upset the small business community so much. And then on top of that to have these restrictions put in place with such an arbitrary saw-off”

TorontoStar Wednesday, November 25, 2020 5:38:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “It’s a lot easier to buy from Costco or delivered by Amazon than trudging down and picking it up outside the store,”

TorontoStar Wednesday, November 25, 2020 5:38:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly argues : “It’s actually making COVID exposure worse by pushing all that traffic to a handful of big box stores,”

TorontoStar Wednesday, November 25, 2020 5:38:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Many businesses in these regions have already lost three to five months of their year from government shutdowns,”

TorontoStar Monday, November 23, 2020 10:02:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The rules make no sense at all,”

barrie Monday, November 23, 2020 7:08:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly added : “That was before the second wave, before the additional lockouts with these new measures,”

barrie Monday, November 23, 2020 7:08:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Missing out on sales in May was harmful, to miss out on Christmas is fatal,”

theglobeandmail Monday, November 23, 2020 1:18:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I just spoke to a small business clothing store that said that they see in six months the number of customers a Walmart would see in one afternoon,” “And I think that says it all”

ctvnews Monday, November 23, 2020 7:18:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We’re closing down the little flower shop, but well, you can buy your flowers at Costco,”

ctvnews Monday, November 23, 2020 7:18:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We at CFIB are proposing right now that the governments institute a ‘small business first’ retail policy: allow the small guys to stay open, cap them at three customers at one time, three staff at one time, no more than six people in a business. At least that would allow them a heartbeat of economic activity,” “I think that would also help in terms of ensuring that there’s a lot more room for physical distancing”

ctvnews Monday, November 23, 2020 7:18:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “One in seven small businesses gone forever as a result of COVID-19,” “I hate to think these additional lockdowns, especially if they spread to other provinces, will mean that there will be more business fatalities before this is all over”

ctvnews Monday, November 23, 2020 7:18:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Let's not forget that the premium hike hits employees too, ensuring that every working Canadian will see a drop in their take-home income unless their employer is able to give them a larger raise on Jan. 1,"

CBC Thursday, November 19, 2020 9:18:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Given the difficult situation many smaller firms are facing simply trying to hold on to their staff, now is not the time to raise taxes,"

CBC Thursday, November 19, 2020 9:18:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Let's not forget that the premium hike hits employees too, ensuring that every working Canadian will see a drop in their take-home income unless their employer is able to give them a larger raise on Jan. 1,”

cp24 Thursday, November 19, 2020 8:45:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Given the difficult situation many smaller firms are facing simply trying to hold on to their staff, now is not the time to raise taxes,”

cp24 Thursday, November 19, 2020 8:45:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Let’s not forget that the premium hike hits employees too, ensuring that every working Canadian will see a drop in their take-home income unless their employer is able to give them a larger raise on Jan. 1,”

TorontoStar Thursday, November 19, 2020 7:18:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It’s a total shock at this moment,"

nola Tuesday, November 17, 2020 8:51:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "The fear of COVID-19 remains very strong and that’s having it’s own outcome,"

barrie Monday, November 16, 2020 2:51:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “This means we’re going to be once again shifting traffic in Manitoba anyway from small independent businesses to the big box stores like Costco and Walmart that can sell basically anything, anytime,”

ctvnews Thursday, November 12, 2020 3:15:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “November is the mildest month, so it offers time for us to transition and work on finding additional sites,”

clickondetroit Monday, November 2, 2020 8:49:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It is good news that the city of Ottawa and the province is looking at more tailor-made measure, to make sure the curve remains flat and the economy remains as open as possible,"

barrie Sunday, November 1, 2020 2:09:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Half of businesses are loosing money everyday they’re open, and 60 per cent of businesses in Ottawa have seen a further reduction in sales related to concerns over the second wave,"

barrie Sunday, November 1, 2020 2:09:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I think most businesses were incredibly patient, understanding and willing to basically bleed in order to protect society during the March-April-May lockdowns, but, as we move into the second wave, business owners are asking a lot of tough questions,” “There’s a growing impatience for some of the measures that have been taken”

TorontoStar Saturday, October 31, 2020 3:05:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We’re definitely going to have more than we’ve had before,”

mlive Friday, October 30, 2020 5:58:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly concluded : "An alarming 71 per cent of small business owners say that governments need to do a better job at reporting COVID-19 related health statistics in order to support consumer confidence. A growing number of small firms are feeling punished by provincial governments despite taking major steps to protect the health and well-being of their customers and employees. This needs to change,"

news-yahoo Thursday, October 29, 2020 2:29:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Small businesses are hanging on by a thread, and it takes very little right now to push them over the edge towards permanent business closure. And these big insurance bills, or in some cases, the lack of insurance availability may be just enough to make that happen,"

CBC Tuesday, October 13, 2020 11:21:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Protecting this vulnerable population from further health complications and from contracting the virus, that could potentially be deadly to those with comprised immune systems, is our top priority,”

mlive Saturday, October 10, 2020 6:16:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "With fears of a second wave leading to further business closures, it is absolutely critical that the federal and provincial governments find ways to provide full economic supports for affected firms," "These new federal measures need to be followed by extended commercial eviction protection and additional provincial supports as the Quebec government has announced in recent days. No firm should be forced into bankruptcy due to an order to close their doors from government"

news-yahoo Friday, October 9, 2020 9:52:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "CEBA has been a critical lifeline to many small firms and offers the benefits of flexibility to be used for several purposes,"

news-yahoo Friday, October 9, 2020 9:52:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "This will help small firms know how much help this critical program will deliver in the months ahead to allow them to determine how many staff they can afford to hire, retain or call back,"

news-yahoo Friday, October 9, 2020 9:52:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly added : "The first round of closures was devastating for small businesses, not just because they had to close but because it has made Canadians afraid to visit them. Most are open again, but have struggled to return to normal sales, while online giants like Amazon have posted record profits," "With the critical holiday shopping period just around the corner, further shutdowns would be devastating"

news-yahoo Thursday, October 8, 2020 2:27:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Any of those changes will have to come from the pockets of employers that are already empty,"

simcoe Monday, October 5, 2020 11:46:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Any of those changes will have to come from the pockets of employers that are already empty,”

theepochtimes Monday, October 5, 2020 3:47:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Any of those changes will have to come from the pockets of employers that are already empty,”

cknw Monday, October 5, 2020 2:38:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Any of those changes will have to come from the pockets of employers that are already empty,”

globalnews Monday, October 5, 2020 2:10:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Any of those changes will have to come from the pockets of employers that are already empty,”

citynews-ca Monday, October 5, 2020 11:35:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Any of those changes will have to come from the pockets of employers that are already empty,"

timescolonist Monday, October 5, 2020 11:10:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "So many of our members right now are struggling to outrun their debt,"

simcoe Friday, October 2, 2020 11:51:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "My husband went down to pick up some things at the store and bought one ticket. We got home, I was making dinner and we were watching Wheel of Fortune when I decided to scratch it off and there it was,"

upi Tuesday, September 29, 2020 12:22:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "He picks them out and I scratch them,"

upi Tuesday, September 29, 2020 12:22:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “The vast majority of the billions and billions of dollars in revenue is as a result of credit card processing fees,”

barrie Saturday, September 12, 2020 5:58:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “All the other solutions to that are imperfect,”

TorontoStar Thursday, September 10, 2020 4:03:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “small business owners are working side by side with their employees and customers all day long,” “So they’re hearing their employees’ concerns by living with them … and as a result, are just that much closer to the ground. They also have that personal contact most often with their customers”

simcoe Sunday, September 6, 2020 5:38:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Typically in turbulent economic times, the damage starts with large companies and then trickles down more slowly to the smaller counterpart,” “The pandemic really hit the smallest businesses first”

simcoe Sunday, September 6, 2020 5:38:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “But that has come at a giant cost,”

simcoe Saturday, September 5, 2020 3:26:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “But that has come at a giant cost,”

TorontoStar Saturday, September 5, 2020 2:43:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly told : “CFIB’s biggest concern is that a worker can now collect $400 per week for a half-year if they’ve been working a part-time job with three hours a week (or less),”

globalnews Saturday, August 22, 2020 2:11:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said ( about Chrystia Freeland ) : “What I like best about (Freeland) in Finance is her proven ability to work with people, even when there are areas of disagreement,”

citynews-ca Wednesday, August 19, 2020 2:15:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said ( about Chrystia Freeland ) : "What I like best about (Freeland) in Finance is her proven ability to work with people, even when there are areas of disagreement,"

timescolonist Wednesday, August 19, 2020 12:53:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said ( about Chrystia Freeland ) : "What I like best about (Freeland) in Finance is her proven ability to work with people, even when there are areas of disagreement,"

simcoe Wednesday, August 19, 2020 12:48:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said ( about Chrystia Freeland ) : “What I like best about (Freeland) in Finance is her proven ability to work with people, even when there are areas of disagreement,”

680news Wednesday, August 19, 2020 12:48:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly added : "There's a reason we all have a favourite independent coffee shop, gym, or flower shop—they give us terrific service, grow local economies and make our communities more vibrant and unique," "Buying local is one of the most important things Canadians can do to help our economy recover quickly"

news-yahoo Wednesday, August 12, 2020 2:43:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Ensuring Canada’s immigration system works for small employers in need of skilled trades’ people has been a concern for some time,”

thevincentian Tuesday, August 11, 2020 11:22:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "While it took a long time, the government listened to small business owners' concerns with CEWS and made helpful adjustments to key elements that weren't working,"

news-yahoo Friday, August 7, 2020 2:19:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly added : "CECRA is another story. It's not working for anyone—tenants or landlords—yet no major changes have been made to the program since it was announced, beyond an extension to July and August,"

news-yahoo Friday, August 7, 2020 2:19:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "CEBA and the wage subsidy are well used by Canada's SMEs and are viewed as being very or somewhat helpful by more than two-thirds,"

news-yahoo Friday, August 7, 2020 2:19:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “It has been a giant fail since that happened,”

barrie Wednesday, July 29, 2020 6:00:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “If we're going to offer this lifeline to businesses, for goodness’ sakes we need to make sure this business owner can gain access to somebody that can help them to answer a basic question,”

barrie Wednesday, July 29, 2020 6:00:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Small firms look forward to the day that subsidies can be replaced by sales," "While today's announcement will help smooth this transition for many, quick action on retooling all programs to aid during the recovery is urgently needed"

CBC Saturday, July 18, 2020 12:55:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “So employers don’t know for the subsidy period right now whether they qualify for the wage subsidy or they don’t,” “That is also one of the reasons why only a third of employers across Canada — 34 per cent — have brought back all of their workers”

cknw Friday, July 17, 2020 1:17:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly says : "It is critical that all parties support the government’s proposed change to end CERB benefits when an employer asks a worker to return to work," "Many workers can’t go back to work yet for valid reasons, but changes are needed to key support programs to help employers reopen and rehire their teams. There is no recovery without getting Canadians back to work"

barrie Thursday, July 16, 2020 10:52:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "CERB was created as emergency support for workers who had lost their job due to the pandemic, not to fund a summer break,"

timescolonist Thursday, July 16, 2020 9:25:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “CERB was created as emergency support for workers who had lost their job due to the pandemic, not to fund a summer break,”

TorontoStar Thursday, July 16, 2020 9:14:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Not a single employer in Canada understands whether they qualify for the July wage subsidy and we're in mid-July. So they need to do an awful lot better,” “It sounds great to have an announcement to extend the subsidy, but businesses in order to use it really need to understand whether they would qualify and what the rules of the game are”

cp24 Tuesday, July 14, 2020 6:34:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Certainty is a cheap stimulus measure that can help many businesses,"

simcoe Thursday, July 9, 2020 1:55:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We have bikes on back order starting to trickle in a few at a time,”

live5news Tuesday, June 30, 2020 12:22:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We’re trying to make sure they’re reaching for handle bars, their arms are locked out, and a slight bend, and that when their peddling is unstable having the seat higher to get them stable,”

live5news Tuesday, June 30, 2020 12:22:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "The wage subsidy was a good program and is a good program,"

CBC Wednesday, June 24, 2020 11:31:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Hopefully (the halt) will now motivate more landlords to participate in the CECRA program, which has been a real mess in the absence of commercial eviction protection,"

timescolonist Wednesday, June 10, 2020 1:48:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Hopefully (the halt) will now motivate more landlords to participate in the CECRA program, which has been a real mess in the absence of commercial eviction protection,"

barrie Tuesday, June 9, 2020 2:22:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Hopefully (the halt) will now motivate more landlords to participate in the CECRA program, which has been a real mess in the absence of commercial eviction protection,”

cp24 Tuesday, June 9, 2020 1:28:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Hopefully (the halt) will now motivate more landlords to participate in the CECRA program, which has been a real mess in the absence of commercial eviction protection,"

simcoe Monday, June 8, 2020 11:59:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Given the provincial role in setting employment standards rules for most small firms, special care is needed to ensure that the federal government does not create another confusing policy environment as we are experiencing with the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program,”

timescolonist Tuesday, May 26, 2020 9:07:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Many are bracing themselves and feeling like this is just the beginning of it,”

theglobeandmail Sunday, May 24, 2020 12:51:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly explains : “The businesses had no income, likely for several months; they’ve had a whole new wrath of new costs and we’re going to have to sort out the trade-offs as we get back open and we’re running across the country,”

globalnews Sunday, May 24, 2020 3:32:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly added : “While COVID surcharges are likely to be very rare, I think that there are many Canadians that understand that small businesses are struggling just like they are,” “It may be viewed as a reasonable trade-off”

globalnews Sunday, May 24, 2020 3:32:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I firmly believe that had this been announced near the start of the crisis many employers would have delayed some of the rounds of layoffs that they were otherwise forced to do, and as a result kept more people on their payroll,”

simcoe Wednesday, May 20, 2020 1:35:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I firmly believe that had this been announced near the start of the crisis… many employers would have delayed some of the rounds of layoffs that they were otherwise forced to do, and as a result kept more people on their payroll,”

TorontoStar Wednesday, May 20, 2020 12:40:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly wrote : "We swore to uphold the Wisconsin Constitution," "He's free to join in anytime he wishes"

startribune Friday, May 15, 2020 11:22:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I’m really unhappy with the Ford government for not offering, at minimum, eviction protection for small businesses,”

TorontoStar Thursday, May 14, 2020 11:20:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I’m really unhappy with the Ford government for not offering, at minimum, eviction protection for small businesses,”

simcoe Thursday, May 14, 2020 11:18:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “A billion dollars is not a giant amount given the state of business collapse that is happening across the country and it certainly won’t fix everything, but it will help fill some gaps. There will be some businesses that will be able to make it through this emergency phase as a result,”

TorontoStar Thursday, May 14, 2020 4:21:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The CEBA program is in desperate need of expansion,”

TorontoStar Thursday, May 14, 2020 4:21:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “A billion dollars is not a giant amount given the state of business collapse that is happening across the country and it certainly won’t fix everything, but it will help fill some gaps. There will be some businesses that will be able to make it through this emergency phase as a result,”

simcoe Wednesday, May 13, 2020 11:15:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The CEBA program is in desperate need of expansion,”

simcoe Wednesday, May 13, 2020 11:15:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “A billion dollars is not a giant amount given the state of business collapse that is happening across the country and it certainly won’t fix everything, but it will help fill some gaps. There will be some businesses that will be able to make it through this emergency phase as a result,”

simcoe Wednesday, May 13, 2020 11:15:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The CEBA program is in desperate need of expansion,”

simcoe Wednesday, May 13, 2020 11:15:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “There are many firms who find themselves too small or with unique circumstances, preventing them from accessing other forms of support,”

cp24 Wednesday, May 13, 2020 11:01:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "There are many firms who find themselves too small or with unique circumstances, preventing them from accessing other forms of support,"

timescolonist Wednesday, May 13, 2020 10:59:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “There are many firms who find themselves too small or with unique circumstances, preventing them from accessing other forms of support,”

globalnews Wednesday, May 13, 2020 10:22:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "There are many firms who find themselves too small or with unique circumstances, preventing them from accessing other forms of support,"

simcoe Wednesday, May 13, 2020 10:17:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "I’m going to reopen on Tuesday," "It’s going to be difficult, and I’m not going to expect a lot. I’m going to be opening, but it’s not going to be easy"

ohio Sunday, May 10, 2020 1:26:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "How will people react when everything is open?" "The uncertainty is just scary. There are really people spooked by this thing"

ohio Sunday, May 10, 2020 1:26:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "I’ve lost so much of the selling season. April is a big month for us,"

ohio Sunday, May 10, 2020 1:26:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It’s all been wiped out,"

ohio Sunday, May 10, 2020 1:26:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "One of the biggest challenges many employers have with student employment is a lack of available students for the work they have on offer," "This year is likely to be somewhat different, as many employers have reduced their regular workforce"

CBC Thursday, May 7, 2020 3:26:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “One of the biggest challenges many employers have with student employment is a lack of available students for the work they have on offer,” “This year is likely to be somewhat different as many employers have reduced their regular workforce”

citynews-ca Thursday, May 7, 2020 1:13:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "One of the biggest challenges many employers have with student employment is a lack of available students for the work they have on offer," "This year is likely to be somewhat different as many employers have reduced their regular workforce"

simcoe Thursday, May 7, 2020 12:48:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “One of the biggest challenges many employers have with student employment is a lack of available students for the work they have on offer,” “This year is likely to be somewhat different as many employers have reduced their regular workforce”

TorontoStar Thursday, May 7, 2020 12:03:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "One of the biggest challenges many employers have with student employment is a lack of available students for the work they have on offer," "This year is likely to be somewhat different as many employers have reduced their regular workforce"

simcoe Wednesday, May 6, 2020 11:55:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "One of the biggest challenges many employers have with student employment is a lack of available students for the work they have on offer," "This year is likely to be somewhat different as many employers have reduced their regular workforce"

timescolonist Wednesday, May 6, 2020 11:49:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I think there’s going to be need to be a phased approach to weaning the economy off of the benefits because the economy is not going to bounce back instantly,”

TorontoStar Wednesday, May 6, 2020 3:31:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “There is a huge number of businesses that do not want to take on additional debt at this time,”

theglobeandmail Sunday, May 3, 2020 11:38:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Small business owners are calling us absolutely frantic because they don't qualify for this program,"

CBC Sunday, May 3, 2020 11:07:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "I'm very worried about very small, micro-sized businesses that are so vulnerable,"

CBC Sunday, May 3, 2020 11:07:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Tell us now what kinds of things might be critical for us to have in a business to allow it to open so we have the time to get those things in order,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, April 28, 2020 8:36:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “It’s good news we’re starting to talk about reopening,” “At the same time, it was quite tentative and small”

TorontoStar Tuesday, April 28, 2020 8:36:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We’ve got to make sure we allow the smallest of businesses to have a little bit of heartbeat of business, to keep them going,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, April 28, 2020 8:36:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said ( about Senate Finance ) : “There’s no question it has been challenging to get quick action from some elements within the Department of Finance. It’s hard to determine if that’s political or civil service level,”

theglobeandmail Tuesday, April 28, 2020 2:21:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It wouldn't surprise me that there's been a levelling off of that just as there has been a levelling off of the virus itself,"

simcoe Thursday, April 23, 2020 6:13:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "They are the ones we are hearing from the loudest," "They are unfortunately not getting access to the very good support programs that are designed for businesses"

simcoe Thursday, April 23, 2020 6:13:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “It wouldn’t surprise me that there’s been a levelling off of that just as there has been a levelling off of the virus itself,”

TorontoStar Thursday, April 23, 2020 5:51:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “They are the ones we are hearing from the loudest,” “They are unfortunately not getting access to the very good support programs that are designed for businesses”

TorontoStar Thursday, April 23, 2020 5:51:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “There is a huge number of businesses that do not want to take on additional debt at this time,”

theglobeandmail Monday, April 13, 2020 1:11:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Just last week alone, we had five small business owners call and talk about suicide. That's how grave this has become,"

CBC Saturday, April 11, 2020 3:11:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “That is how dark this has quickly become for small-business owners,”

edmontonjournal Saturday, April 11, 2020 2:51:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “It’s not just a professional club, it’s one with such history behind them and the overall culture is the point of difference,”

irishmirror Friday, April 10, 2020 10:11:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "That is how dark this has quickly become for small-business owners,"

simcoe Friday, April 10, 2020 12:54:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “For most businesses they’ve already done their layoffs and they’re not going to reverse them at this stage,”

simcoe Thursday, April 9, 2020 4:53:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “It will help save some businesses and will help save some jobs of Canadians that otherwise both have been lost,”

simcoe Thursday, April 9, 2020 4:53:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "That's not going to be a particularly comfortable HR move in many workplaces,"

CBC Thursday, April 9, 2020 1:57:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Just the fear that if your sales go down by 27 per cent you'll get zero subsidy, that will say to some business owners, 'I can't afford to take the risk,'" "If they've already paid out workers their regular pay, and they don't get the subsidy, they (may) go bankrupt... so the safer option, in many cases, might still be layoffs"

simcoe Tuesday, April 7, 2020 9:31:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Just the fear that if your sales go down by 27 per cent you'll get zero subsidy, that will say to some business owners, 'I can't afford to take the risk,'" "If they've already paid out workers their regular pay, and they don't get the subsidy, they (may) go bankrupt... so the safer option, in many cases, might still be layoffs"

timescolonist Tuesday, April 7, 2020 9:27:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We can do two things at the same time: maintain the foundations of our democracy while taking reasonable precautions to keep people safe,”

wsaw Tuesday, April 7, 2020 1:29:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Already, many of these small businesses operate on very small margins," "We're pushing provincial governments to come to the table to provide some relief to businesses that have been shut down where rent is a big issue. We need to continue to support these firms to get them across the finish line"

CBC Monday, April 6, 2020 5:12:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The Department of Finance dusted off its recession file and started pulling out those measures first,”

theglobeandmail Saturday, April 4, 2020 2:50:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It all came to a roaring, screeching halt," "I miss that (interaction) terribly. We do everything we can to continue outreach online but it's just not the same. We generally don't get as many people that way when we do these things online. There's no way to replicate the intimate conversations you have with somebody"

startribune Friday, April 3, 2020 9:50:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The decisions to make the wage subsidy widely available to employers of all sizes and structures is the right approach given the unique nature of the COVID-19 pandemic,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, March 31, 2020 2:07:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “It’s a substantial wage subsidy and it looks like it’s broadly applied and those were the most important criteria,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, March 31, 2020 1:19:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “If governments can cover the wage bill for a period of time or a large chunk of it … then the business itself has a fighting chance,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, March 31, 2020 1:19:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We’re already hearing from members who feel 30 per cent may be a big hill,”

TorontoStar Monday, March 30, 2020 10:37:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The government is open to feedback,”

TorontoStar Monday, March 30, 2020 10:37:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "The decisions to make the wage subsidy widely available to employers of all sizes and structures is the right approach given the unique nature of the COVID-19 pandemic,"

timescolonist Monday, March 30, 2020 9:55:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It is really, really bad and many won’t make it regardless of these announcements. Even a 100% wage subsidy would be too little to help given the long list of other costs, particularly rent,"

news-yahoo Saturday, March 28, 2020 11:41:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Ensuring as many workers as possible remain connected to and paid by their employers will reduce the financial and mental stress on workers and ensure that Canada’s economic recovery will begin the day after the health emergency phase ends,”

ctvnews Saturday, March 28, 2020 5:18:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It is really, really bad and many won't make it regardless of these announcements. Even a 100% wage subsidy would be too little to help given the long list of other costs, particularly rent,"

arkansasonline Saturday, March 28, 2020 12:56:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Ensuring as many workers as possible remain connected to and paid by their employers will reduce the financial and mental stress on workers and ensure that Canada’s economic recovery will begin the day after the health emergency phase ends,”

barrie Saturday, March 28, 2020 3:37:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It is really, really bad and many won’t make it regardless of these announcements. Even a 100% wage subsidy would be too little to help given the long list of other costs, particularly rent,"

japantoday Saturday, March 28, 2020 2:07:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The announcement today of a 75 per cent wage subsidy for (small and medium enterprises) affected by the COVID-19 crisis will not help every company or employee, but will help small firms retain hundreds of thousands of workers who would otherwise be laid off,”

TorontoStar Friday, March 27, 2020 10:11:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It is really, really bad and many won’t make it regardless of these announcements. Even a 100% wage subsidy would be too little to help given the long list of other costs, particularly rent,"

brownsvilleherald Friday, March 27, 2020 9:18:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It is really, really bad and many won’t make it regardless of these announcements. Even a 100% wage subsidy would be too little to help given the long list of other costs, particularly rent,"

muscatinejournal Friday, March 27, 2020 9:11:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “CFIB is focused on measures that will keep the connections between workers and employers and not require layoffs,”

cknw Thursday, March 26, 2020 12:12:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “CFIB is focused on measures that will keep the connections between workers and employers and not require layoffs,”

globalnews Wednesday, March 25, 2020 11:34:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "many small business will be forced to make additional layoff decisions in the next few days,"

CBC Wednesday, March 25, 2020 5:37:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "A third of small business owners said that if sales dropped significantly they would be able to hang on for less than a month before the business is permanently closed,"

CBC Wednesday, March 25, 2020 2:28:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "That's the kind of approach Canada desperately needs," "I think if the government does that as a temporary measure, it will in fact be temporary. What worries me is that the only option that employers right now have is to lay off staff, and once those employees are put on Employment Insurance, a good chunk of those employees are not going to come back or are going to come back to employers really slowly, as we try to put the puzzle back together"

CBC Wednesday, March 25, 2020 2:28:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “More than half of small firms have begun laying off staff, with a quarter reporting they have already been forced to lay off their entire workforce,” “At this rate, the only way to prevent massive additional unemployment is for government to introduce a much larger wage subsidy program”

globalnews Wednesday, March 25, 2020 1:21:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “More than half of small firms have begun laying off staff, with a quarter reporting they have already been forced to lay off their entire workforce,” “At this rate, the only way to prevent massive additional unemployment is for government to introduce a much larger wage subsidy program”

cknw Wednesday, March 25, 2020 12:57:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “It’s time for the provincial government to step in and offer the same protections to commercial renters that they’re offering to residential renters,”

theglobeandmail Tuesday, March 24, 2020 9:37:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "The level of the subsidy needs to be far higher in order to help — closer to the 75 to 90 per cent levels announced in many European countries,"

CBC Monday, March 23, 2020 11:48:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Ten per cent might help for a couple of weeks. We need something like Denmark, which has a 75 per cent wage subsidy. And we need it now,”

TorontoStar Friday, March 20, 2020 1:28:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “They’ve done some things right. But I think what they’ve missed is that employers facing a giant cut in income are at the point of laying people off now. They need money fast,”

TorontoStar Friday, March 20, 2020 1:28:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly indiqué : «Mais je soupçonne que les gens n'ont pas vraiment pris conscience... que l'effet que cela pourrait avoir sur leur chèque de paie et leur emploi»

lapresse-CA Monday, June 20, 2016 2:33:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly indiqué : «Mais je soupçonne que les gens n’ont pas vraiment pris conscience…que l’effet que cela pourrait avoir sur leur chèque de paie et leur emploi»

lactualite Monday, June 20, 2016 12:12:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “CFIB has confirmed that independent retailers inside Ontario malls must remain closed unless they have an exterior door,” “This is deeply unfair – the playing field between the big guys and small business needs to be level. Let’s find a way to safely reopen all”

680news Tuesday, June 8, 2021 1:12:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly added : “Many small tenants in malls have an exterior door at the back of their shop. While CFIB is pushing to allow all mall retailers to have access to in-store customers thru the mall itself, we call on mall operators and the province to ensure they can use all doors to serve the public,”

680news Tuesday, June 8, 2021 1:12:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : "Ontario is the only jurisdiction right now, anywhere on the continent, that has closed retailers," "We believe that restaurant patios should be open, and in fact, even a limited capacity for inside dining. We want to see retailers open with a capacity restraint"

barrie Wednesday, June 2, 2021 10:57:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Businesses deserve to know exactly when it’s their time to finally reopen to customers and plan for rehiring employees, cleaning and sanitizing the premises, acquiring inventory, and other reopening activities,”

cknw Friday, May 21, 2021 3:44:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “There’s a pandemic component but it’s not just the pandemic,” “There are companies that have exited the insurance market in Canada, and that has left a lack of competition in some circles. So that’s another driving factor”

TorontoStar Wednesday, May 12, 2021 3:14:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I am really worried we’re at the breaking point,”

globalnews Wednesday, May 12, 2021 2:02:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “It’s not a good idea, but I can understand why businesses are at that breaking point. Their entire livelihood is at stake,”

globalnews Wednesday, May 12, 2021 2:02:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "The worry is even deepening and more business owners will say, 'You know what, there’s no pathway back to having any sort of profitability for some time,'"

barrie Monday, May 10, 2021 2:11:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We are disgusted with it, and we will do whatever we can to protect city property. It’s our responsibility to take care of city property. This will not go on without proper remedy,”

hjnews Friday, May 7, 2021 3:49:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Between accounting for the federal and provincial support programs, new costs, remote work, laying off and rehiring workers throughout the year, many small businesses need more time to get the books in order,” “Sadly, the federal government has ignored calls to extend 2021 tax deadlines despite providing that relief last year”

citynews-ca Thursday, April 29, 2021 5:40:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I know there are many who feel like employers should be responsible for paid sick days. But now is certainly not the time to add new costs to small businesses who are barely surviving. Let’s improve the current COVID sick benefit now and resume the larger debate post-pandemic,”

chathamdailynews Tuesday, April 27, 2021 11:00:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We are concerned about the significant amount of non-COVID spending in this budget. Small business owners worry that today’s deficits will turn into tomorrow’s taxes,”

theepochtimes Wednesday, April 21, 2021 11:33:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “There are thousands and thousands of business owners who’ve received essentially nothing from any of the government support programs and it’s deeply unfair,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, April 20, 2021 11:20:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “But because they’re using the same criteria as the wage subsidy, new businesses won’t even qualify for that ... which is nuts to me,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, April 20, 2021 11:20:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Having said that, it breaks my heart to hear that survivors see it differently. That does upset me,” “I wish we could do something different, but I do stand by my decision in any way to not waive the attorney-client privilege, and I just hope that we can respectfully disagree on this issue and move forward”

mlive Friday, April 16, 2021 6:22:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "In terms of a start date we're tentatively looking at May 3," "We'll have to adjust as the guidelines come out"

barrie Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:30:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The trade agreements often primarily focus on tariffs and investment rules, both of which are very important elements for the business community. But the agreements often do not fully address various other trade frictions, like border procedures, paperwork requirements or assistance in ensuring timeliness in getting goods to markets,”

theglobeandmail Friday, April 9, 2021 2:01:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "CFIB is calling on the Ontario [government] to allow appointment based sales and service during the month long lockdown,"

CBC Friday, April 9, 2021 3:47:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “CFIB is calling on the Ontario (government) to allow appointment based sales and service during the month long lockdown,”

cp24 Thursday, April 8, 2021 10:58:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “There is a federal system of benefits available to that worker that employers are paying into,” “Let’s work to fix the federal program to make it faster and more complete”

TorontoStar Thursday, April 8, 2021 9:42:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We’ve been locking down the wrong things,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, April 6, 2021 11:03:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “People are not neutral about this,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, April 6, 2021 7:53:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “People are not neutral about this,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, April 6, 2021 2:21:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Lockdowns do not stop bills from coming in,"

barrie Sunday, April 4, 2021 7:59:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The mood of the business community has shifted dramatically,”

HindustanTimes Friday, April 2, 2021 8:36:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said ( about Hail Mary ) : “I thought our kids played tough, even down to the last Hail Mary. The ball just didn’t go our way at the end,” “Credit Saugus. They kept coming after us”

dailynews Friday, April 2, 2021 11:02:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Business owners are absolutely apoplectic. It is so disappointment to see what's become of Ontario's business community,"

barrie Thursday, April 1, 2021 9:30:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "I sit in Toronto right now, that's been in North America's longest lockdown. Restaurants have been now closed, as of today, indoor dining has been shutdown for 300 days, gyms for 293 days, hair salons, nail salons for 225 days, yet COVID is out of control," "So, are these measures that are not going to be reapplied to the entire province, actually leading to a reduction in COVID cases, because if that were the case this should have worked in Toronto an awful lot sooner. I worry that we're putting failed measures back in place across the province"

barrie Thursday, April 1, 2021 9:30:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly says : "everybody knows we have to take this seriously,"

barrie Thursday, April 1, 2021 9:30:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly told : "There are a lot of zombie businesses out there, businesses that are effectively dead, but the body doesn't know it yet,"

CBC Monday, March 29, 2021 11:17:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Many small businesses are no longer in business or are unsure of their future. CFIB itself has 15,000 fewer members as Canada enters a second year of the pandemic,"

barrie Thursday, March 18, 2021 11:49:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Despite promises from government to address this, there’s been zero action,"

ctvnews Thursday, March 18, 2021 12:12:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Once CEBA, and the wage subsidy, and then later the rent subsidy came on board, it became quite obvious that newer firms, firms that have been established in 2020, but some in 2019, were slipping through the cracks," "I’ve talked to hundreds if not thousands of businesses that are absolutely apoplectic"

ctvnews Thursday, March 18, 2021 12:12:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The government, understandably, was focused on this as a health-care emergency. And it took quite some time for them to recognize that there was an economic emergency that was coming along with the pandemic. And so they reacted too slowly,”

TorontoStar Wednesday, March 17, 2021 1:51:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said ( about Doug Ford ) : “From a small business perspective, the Ford government’s handling of the economic ramifications of the pandemic is the worst in Canada,”

TorontoStar Wednesday, March 17, 2021 1:51:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “This is by far the most severe lockdown measure that has been used in North American,”

680news Friday, March 5, 2021 2:17:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly says ( about Bill Morneau ) : “The banks had a weekly catch-up with (former minister of finance) Morneau. Bill Morneau hated my organization,”

TorontoStar Saturday, February 20, 2021 3:39:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “It isn’t a love-in between my organization and the banks. There’s many areas on which we disagree,” “But Canada needs more people who can work with others on issues on which they can agree — and set aside issues on which they disagree”

TorontoStar Saturday, February 20, 2021 3:39:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly wrote : “The absence of leadership in Ontario is absolutely breathtaking,”

TorontoStar Friday, February 19, 2021 11:35:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Small businesses have willingly adopted every new safety measure and protocol recommended by governments, and it is encouraging that so many are willing to consider using rapid screening in their workplaces,”

TorontoStar Friday, February 19, 2021 9:31:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Some of the rules are so nonsensical that I can understand why some business owners may be choosing to take the law into their own hands,”

TorontoStar Friday, February 19, 2021 8:33:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Some of the rules are so nonsensical that I can understand why some business owners may be choosing to take the law into their own hands,”

680news Friday, February 19, 2021 7:52:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “This has been a missing piece in Canada for far too long,”

smh Wednesday, February 10, 2021 6:07:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Under normal circumstances, the idea of small companies doing employee-based testing for anything would be a fantasy,”

smh Wednesday, February 10, 2021 6:07:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “That debt is going to be an anchor,” “It is going to drag that business underwater even as the restrictions begin to lift”

globalnews Wednesday, February 10, 2021 4:53:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “This has been a missing piece in Canada for far too long,”

theage Wednesday, February 10, 2021 4:39:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Under normal circumstances, the idea of small companies doing employee-based testing for anything would be a fantasy,”

theage Wednesday, February 10, 2021 4:39:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "We get that there is still a dangerous pandemic and that precautions are absolutely needed,"

barrie Monday, February 8, 2021 12:34:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly told : “Small businesses are hanging by a thread,”

citynews-ca Saturday, February 6, 2021 2:06:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly told : “Small businesses are hanging by a thread,”

680news Friday, February 5, 2021 8:09:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly told : “Small businesses are hanging by a thread,”

680news Thursday, February 4, 2021 9:19:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly added : “Business owners are on board to try to help their employees through their mental health issues wherever they possibly can,” “But there aren’t very many people that are actually thinking about the business owner, and the mental health challenges that they may be going through at this stage”

TorontoStar Wednesday, January 20, 2021 12:46:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said ( about Buffalo Niagara ) : "We're expecting the snow to persist across southern Erie County, inching up to the Buffalo area through the afternoon, and later settling in Southern Erie, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties,"

buffalonews Tuesday, January 19, 2021 6:35:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "A small wind could blow down small businesses at this point,"

barrie Sunday, January 17, 2021 3:22:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "To impose the costs on small firms at this stage would be really challenging, of course, because most small firms are desperately hanging to say stay on," "Any additional cost would be absolutely devastating"

CBC Thursday, January 14, 2021 9:14:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly writes : “No other province has locked down small retailers while handing huge competitive advantages to big box stores,”

cp24 Thursday, January 14, 2021 7:44:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “It was super disappointing. I didn't think that the province could actually make the rules worse, more confusing, more ineffective, more insane. But that's exactly what they did,”

cp24 Thursday, January 14, 2021 7:44:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly added : "The premier seems intent on killing small and medium-sized businesses, wherever possible,"

cp24 Thursday, January 14, 2021 7:44:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly writes : “No other province has locked down small retailers while handing huge competitive advantages to big box stores,”

barrie Thursday, January 14, 2021 7:28:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “It was super disappointing. I didn't think that the province could actually make the rules worse, more confusing, more ineffective, more insane. But that's exactly what they did,”

barrie Thursday, January 14, 2021 7:28:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly added : "The premier seems intent on killing small and medium-sized businesses, wherever possible,"

barrie Thursday, January 14, 2021 7:28:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We still haven’t got firm clarification. But our understanding is that at eight o’clock, a small business is not allowed to deliver a product to the customer’s doorstep, even leaving it there without even seeing them. But if they use a courier company to do it, that’s OK,” “That’s the interpretation we’ve been given at the moment”

TorontoStar Thursday, January 14, 2021 2:43:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly writes : “No other province has locked down small retailers while handing huge competitive advantages to big box stores,”

barrie Thursday, January 14, 2021 12:43:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “It was super disappointing. I didn't think that the province could actually make the rules worse, more confusing, more ineffective, more insane. But that's exactly what they did,”

barrie Thursday, January 14, 2021 12:43:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly added : "The premier seems intent on killing small and medium-sized businesses, wherever possible,"

barrie Thursday, January 14, 2021 12:43:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We think that allowing small firms to serve one or three customers at a time would actually take the pressure off of the big box stores,”

citynews-ca Wednesday, January 13, 2021 3:09:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I don’t understand why a small bookstore can’t hand the book – outdoors – to a customer after eight. But you can line up at Costco and buy it,” “If you send a product to a third-party delivery (service), like through the mail or through a courier, the … restriction won’t exist. But if you, as a business owner, happen to deliver it on your way home to your customer nearby, that’s prohibited. And we’re struggling to figure out on what planet that helps stop the spread of COVID”

citynews-ca Wednesday, January 13, 2021 3:09:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Ford has toasted his relationship with small business owners,” “No province in Canada has locked down small retailers while allowing box stores to remain open. Not a single one. All of them have medical offices of health advisors at the provincial and municipal level”

citynews-ca Wednesday, January 13, 2021 3:09:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “That’s going to be hundreds of dollars of new CPP premiums out of paycheques of middle-income Canadians not because they got a raise, but because the formula has not had a COVID adjustment,” “We think this is deeply unfair”

theepochtimes Wednesday, December 30, 2020 9:37:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "That's going to be hundreds of dollars of new CPP premiums out of paycheques of middle-income Canadians, not because they got a raise, but because the formula has not had a COVID adjustment," "We think this is deeply unfair"

CBC Wednesday, December 30, 2020 8:44:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “That’s going to be hundreds of dollars of new CPP premiums out of paycheques of middle-income Canadians not because they got a raise, but because the formula has not had a COVID adjustment,” “We think this is deeply unfair”

680news Wednesday, December 30, 2020 7:45:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “This is super dire. To lock down a huge swath of Ontario’s business community during a very crucial season is just going to be punishing,” “There’s no question there will be thousands and thousands of businesses that won’t make it”

TorontoStar Saturday, December 26, 2020 5:53:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : "Even if it is fully used it's not going to be enough to help small firms that are entirely shut down to survive until pandemic is over," "We're looking at weeks and months of economic ramifications before there is enough vaccines to resume normal business. The programs the province have announced are helpful, but insufficient to deal with the size, scope and length of the pandemic"

barrie Wednesday, December 23, 2020 12:56:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Today’s announcement guarantees the demise of thousands upon thousands of Ontario’s small businesses,”

globalresearch Tuesday, December 22, 2020 9:08:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly added : “Today’s grant announcement is a step in the right direction, but the province must open its wallet even more to help small businesses make it through the lockdown period,” “Let’s not forget that the government chose to close small businesses, so they cannot be expected to survive without full economic support. Nothing short of 100 per cent support for affected businesses will get them to the other side of COVID-19”

globalresearch Tuesday, December 22, 2020 9:08:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “did create, I think, a lack of clarity as to who would qualify and in those early days people rushed to apply,”

TorontoStar Saturday, December 19, 2020 2:29:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “To date, no other province has implemented Ontario’s bizarre rule to shut tight small retailers who may have a few in-store customers per day while allowing lines to grow at big box stores selling similar goods,”

globalnews Wednesday, December 9, 2020 2:46:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Even in an ordinary year, the period leading up to Christmas is a critical time for small, local businesses,"

CBC Monday, December 7, 2020 6:04:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly told : “We've already noticed a world of difference,”

politico Sunday, November 29, 2020 4:23:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Many small businesses are also having Black Friday sales, but they often get forgotten in the mix,"

barrie Saturday, November 28, 2020 2:48:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : "Our idea for making this tool is that it can allow policy makers to actually see in practice how ship strikes work," "We can make predictions about ship strikes without waiting for an accumulation of observed deaths. We don't have time to wait for that since there are so few of these animals left"

phys Friday, November 27, 2020 3:37:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "We like those ideas much better. At least her plan, though, is a lot fairer than the current arrangement where the big guys win, and the small guys lose," "What we're really pushing for is a safe pathway for small merchants to at least have a trickle of income through in-store sales. And we're pushing the premier, we're pushing the province to do just that"

cp24 Thursday, November 26, 2020 6:07:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "If retailers miss out on four weeks in late November [and] early December, they're done,"

CBC Thursday, November 26, 2020 12:33:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said ( about Doug Ford ) : "Doug Ford has unfortunately signed the death warrant of thousands and thousands of businesses,"

CBC Wednesday, November 25, 2020 12:10:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “I find on one level hard to criticize them because every retailer is in a fight for their life. These restrictions, literally the government has signed their death warrants. And I understand why they’re pushing back against the actual death of thousands of Ontarians. At the same time, there’s been a huge shift since the spring lockdowns”

TorontoStar Wednesday, November 25, 2020 5:38:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “What’s different is that we know an awful lot more about COVID-19,” “We know how it’s spread. Businesses have taken huge numbers of precautions to protect their customers and their staff. I’m not for a second suggesting that there’s no risk in a small retailer. But independent businesses are being shut down not because the business activity is more risky than other activities, but to send a message to the public. That’s what’s really upset the small business community so much. And then on top of that to have these restrictions put in place with such an arbitrary saw-off”

TorontoStar Wednesday, November 25, 2020 5:38:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “It’s a lot easier to buy from Costco or delivered by Amazon than trudging down and picking it up outside the store,”

TorontoStar Wednesday, November 25, 2020 5:38:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly argues : “It’s actually making COVID exposure worse by pushing all that traffic to a handful of big box stores,”

TorontoStar Wednesday, November 25, 2020 5:38:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Many businesses in these regions have already lost three to five months of their year from government shutdowns,”

TorontoStar Monday, November 23, 2020 10:02:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The rules make no sense at all,”

barrie Monday, November 23, 2020 7:08:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly added : “That was before the second wave, before the additional lockouts with these new measures,”

barrie Monday, November 23, 2020 7:08:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Missing out on sales in May was harmful, to miss out on Christmas is fatal,”

theglobeandmail Monday, November 23, 2020 1:18:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I just spoke to a small business clothing store that said that they see in six months the number of customers a Walmart would see in one afternoon,” “And I think that says it all”

ctvnews Monday, November 23, 2020 7:18:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We’re closing down the little flower shop, but well, you can buy your flowers at Costco,”

ctvnews Monday, November 23, 2020 7:18:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We at CFIB are proposing right now that the governments institute a ‘small business first’ retail policy: allow the small guys to stay open, cap them at three customers at one time, three staff at one time, no more than six people in a business. At least that would allow them a heartbeat of economic activity,” “I think that would also help in terms of ensuring that there’s a lot more room for physical distancing”

ctvnews Monday, November 23, 2020 7:18:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “One in seven small businesses gone forever as a result of COVID-19,” “I hate to think these additional lockdowns, especially if they spread to other provinces, will mean that there will be more business fatalities before this is all over”

ctvnews Monday, November 23, 2020 7:18:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Let's not forget that the premium hike hits employees too, ensuring that every working Canadian will see a drop in their take-home income unless their employer is able to give them a larger raise on Jan. 1,"

CBC Thursday, November 19, 2020 9:18:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Given the difficult situation many smaller firms are facing simply trying to hold on to their staff, now is not the time to raise taxes,"

CBC Thursday, November 19, 2020 9:18:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Let's not forget that the premium hike hits employees too, ensuring that every working Canadian will see a drop in their take-home income unless their employer is able to give them a larger raise on Jan. 1,”

cp24 Thursday, November 19, 2020 8:45:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Given the difficult situation many smaller firms are facing simply trying to hold on to their staff, now is not the time to raise taxes,”

cp24 Thursday, November 19, 2020 8:45:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Let’s not forget that the premium hike hits employees too, ensuring that every working Canadian will see a drop in their take-home income unless their employer is able to give them a larger raise on Jan. 1,”

TorontoStar Thursday, November 19, 2020 7:18:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It’s a total shock at this moment,"

nola Tuesday, November 17, 2020 8:51:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "The fear of COVID-19 remains very strong and that’s having it’s own outcome,"

barrie Monday, November 16, 2020 2:51:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “This means we’re going to be once again shifting traffic in Manitoba anyway from small independent businesses to the big box stores like Costco and Walmart that can sell basically anything, anytime,”

ctvnews Thursday, November 12, 2020 3:15:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “November is the mildest month, so it offers time for us to transition and work on finding additional sites,”

clickondetroit Monday, November 2, 2020 8:49:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It is good news that the city of Ottawa and the province is looking at more tailor-made measure, to make sure the curve remains flat and the economy remains as open as possible,"

barrie Sunday, November 1, 2020 2:09:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Half of businesses are loosing money everyday they’re open, and 60 per cent of businesses in Ottawa have seen a further reduction in sales related to concerns over the second wave,"

barrie Sunday, November 1, 2020 2:09:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I think most businesses were incredibly patient, understanding and willing to basically bleed in order to protect society during the March-April-May lockdowns, but, as we move into the second wave, business owners are asking a lot of tough questions,” “There’s a growing impatience for some of the measures that have been taken”

TorontoStar Saturday, October 31, 2020 3:05:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We’re definitely going to have more than we’ve had before,”

mlive Friday, October 30, 2020 5:58:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly concluded : "An alarming 71 per cent of small business owners say that governments need to do a better job at reporting COVID-19 related health statistics in order to support consumer confidence. A growing number of small firms are feeling punished by provincial governments despite taking major steps to protect the health and well-being of their customers and employees. This needs to change,"

news-yahoo Thursday, October 29, 2020 2:29:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Small businesses are hanging on by a thread, and it takes very little right now to push them over the edge towards permanent business closure. And these big insurance bills, or in some cases, the lack of insurance availability may be just enough to make that happen,"

CBC Tuesday, October 13, 2020 11:21:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Protecting this vulnerable population from further health complications and from contracting the virus, that could potentially be deadly to those with comprised immune systems, is our top priority,”

mlive Saturday, October 10, 2020 6:16:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "With fears of a second wave leading to further business closures, it is absolutely critical that the federal and provincial governments find ways to provide full economic supports for affected firms," "These new federal measures need to be followed by extended commercial eviction protection and additional provincial supports as the Quebec government has announced in recent days. No firm should be forced into bankruptcy due to an order to close their doors from government"

news-yahoo Friday, October 9, 2020 9:52:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "CEBA has been a critical lifeline to many small firms and offers the benefits of flexibility to be used for several purposes,"

news-yahoo Friday, October 9, 2020 9:52:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "This will help small firms know how much help this critical program will deliver in the months ahead to allow them to determine how many staff they can afford to hire, retain or call back,"

news-yahoo Friday, October 9, 2020 9:52:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly added : "The first round of closures was devastating for small businesses, not just because they had to close but because it has made Canadians afraid to visit them. Most are open again, but have struggled to return to normal sales, while online giants like Amazon have posted record profits," "With the critical holiday shopping period just around the corner, further shutdowns would be devastating"

news-yahoo Thursday, October 8, 2020 2:27:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Any of those changes will have to come from the pockets of employers that are already empty,"

simcoe Monday, October 5, 2020 11:46:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Any of those changes will have to come from the pockets of employers that are already empty,”

theepochtimes Monday, October 5, 2020 3:47:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Any of those changes will have to come from the pockets of employers that are already empty,”

cknw Monday, October 5, 2020 2:38:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Any of those changes will have to come from the pockets of employers that are already empty,”

globalnews Monday, October 5, 2020 2:10:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Any of those changes will have to come from the pockets of employers that are already empty,”

citynews-ca Monday, October 5, 2020 11:35:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Any of those changes will have to come from the pockets of employers that are already empty,"

timescolonist Monday, October 5, 2020 11:10:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "So many of our members right now are struggling to outrun their debt,"

simcoe Friday, October 2, 2020 11:51:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "My husband went down to pick up some things at the store and bought one ticket. We got home, I was making dinner and we were watching Wheel of Fortune when I decided to scratch it off and there it was,"

upi Tuesday, September 29, 2020 12:22:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "He picks them out and I scratch them,"

upi Tuesday, September 29, 2020 12:22:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “The vast majority of the billions and billions of dollars in revenue is as a result of credit card processing fees,”

barrie Saturday, September 12, 2020 5:58:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “All the other solutions to that are imperfect,”

TorontoStar Thursday, September 10, 2020 4:03:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “small business owners are working side by side with their employees and customers all day long,” “So they’re hearing their employees’ concerns by living with them … and as a result, are just that much closer to the ground. They also have that personal contact most often with their customers”

simcoe Sunday, September 6, 2020 5:38:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Typically in turbulent economic times, the damage starts with large companies and then trickles down more slowly to the smaller counterpart,” “The pandemic really hit the smallest businesses first”

simcoe Sunday, September 6, 2020 5:38:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “But that has come at a giant cost,”

simcoe Saturday, September 5, 2020 3:26:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “But that has come at a giant cost,”

TorontoStar Saturday, September 5, 2020 2:43:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly told : “CFIB’s biggest concern is that a worker can now collect $400 per week for a half-year if they’ve been working a part-time job with three hours a week (or less),”

globalnews Saturday, August 22, 2020 2:11:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said ( about Chrystia Freeland ) : “What I like best about (Freeland) in Finance is her proven ability to work with people, even when there are areas of disagreement,”

citynews-ca Wednesday, August 19, 2020 2:15:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said ( about Chrystia Freeland ) : "What I like best about (Freeland) in Finance is her proven ability to work with people, even when there are areas of disagreement,"

timescolonist Wednesday, August 19, 2020 12:53:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said ( about Chrystia Freeland ) : "What I like best about (Freeland) in Finance is her proven ability to work with people, even when there are areas of disagreement,"

simcoe Wednesday, August 19, 2020 12:48:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said ( about Chrystia Freeland ) : “What I like best about (Freeland) in Finance is her proven ability to work with people, even when there are areas of disagreement,”

680news Wednesday, August 19, 2020 12:48:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly added : "There's a reason we all have a favourite independent coffee shop, gym, or flower shop—they give us terrific service, grow local economies and make our communities more vibrant and unique," "Buying local is one of the most important things Canadians can do to help our economy recover quickly"

news-yahoo Wednesday, August 12, 2020 2:43:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Ensuring Canada’s immigration system works for small employers in need of skilled trades’ people has been a concern for some time,”

thevincentian Tuesday, August 11, 2020 11:22:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "While it took a long time, the government listened to small business owners' concerns with CEWS and made helpful adjustments to key elements that weren't working,"

news-yahoo Friday, August 7, 2020 2:19:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly added : "CECRA is another story. It's not working for anyone—tenants or landlords—yet no major changes have been made to the program since it was announced, beyond an extension to July and August,"

news-yahoo Friday, August 7, 2020 2:19:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "CEBA and the wage subsidy are well used by Canada's SMEs and are viewed as being very or somewhat helpful by more than two-thirds,"

news-yahoo Friday, August 7, 2020 2:19:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “It has been a giant fail since that happened,”

barrie Wednesday, July 29, 2020 6:00:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “If we're going to offer this lifeline to businesses, for goodness’ sakes we need to make sure this business owner can gain access to somebody that can help them to answer a basic question,”

barrie Wednesday, July 29, 2020 6:00:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Small firms look forward to the day that subsidies can be replaced by sales," "While today's announcement will help smooth this transition for many, quick action on retooling all programs to aid during the recovery is urgently needed"

CBC Saturday, July 18, 2020 12:55:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “So employers don’t know for the subsidy period right now whether they qualify for the wage subsidy or they don’t,” “That is also one of the reasons why only a third of employers across Canada — 34 per cent — have brought back all of their workers”

cknw Friday, July 17, 2020 1:17:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly says : "It is critical that all parties support the government’s proposed change to end CERB benefits when an employer asks a worker to return to work," "Many workers can’t go back to work yet for valid reasons, but changes are needed to key support programs to help employers reopen and rehire their teams. There is no recovery without getting Canadians back to work"

barrie Thursday, July 16, 2020 10:52:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "CERB was created as emergency support for workers who had lost their job due to the pandemic, not to fund a summer break,"

timescolonist Thursday, July 16, 2020 9:25:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “CERB was created as emergency support for workers who had lost their job due to the pandemic, not to fund a summer break,”

TorontoStar Thursday, July 16, 2020 9:14:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Not a single employer in Canada understands whether they qualify for the July wage subsidy and we're in mid-July. So they need to do an awful lot better,” “It sounds great to have an announcement to extend the subsidy, but businesses in order to use it really need to understand whether they would qualify and what the rules of the game are”

cp24 Tuesday, July 14, 2020 6:34:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Certainty is a cheap stimulus measure that can help many businesses,"

simcoe Thursday, July 9, 2020 1:55:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We have bikes on back order starting to trickle in a few at a time,”

live5news Tuesday, June 30, 2020 12:22:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We’re trying to make sure they’re reaching for handle bars, their arms are locked out, and a slight bend, and that when their peddling is unstable having the seat higher to get them stable,”

live5news Tuesday, June 30, 2020 12:22:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "The wage subsidy was a good program and is a good program,"

CBC Wednesday, June 24, 2020 11:31:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Hopefully (the halt) will now motivate more landlords to participate in the CECRA program, which has been a real mess in the absence of commercial eviction protection,"

timescolonist Wednesday, June 10, 2020 1:48:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Hopefully (the halt) will now motivate more landlords to participate in the CECRA program, which has been a real mess in the absence of commercial eviction protection,"

barrie Tuesday, June 9, 2020 2:22:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Hopefully (the halt) will now motivate more landlords to participate in the CECRA program, which has been a real mess in the absence of commercial eviction protection,”

cp24 Tuesday, June 9, 2020 1:28:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Hopefully (the halt) will now motivate more landlords to participate in the CECRA program, which has been a real mess in the absence of commercial eviction protection,"

simcoe Monday, June 8, 2020 11:59:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Given the provincial role in setting employment standards rules for most small firms, special care is needed to ensure that the federal government does not create another confusing policy environment as we are experiencing with the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program,”

timescolonist Tuesday, May 26, 2020 9:07:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Many are bracing themselves and feeling like this is just the beginning of it,”

theglobeandmail Sunday, May 24, 2020 12:51:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly explains : “The businesses had no income, likely for several months; they’ve had a whole new wrath of new costs and we’re going to have to sort out the trade-offs as we get back open and we’re running across the country,”

globalnews Sunday, May 24, 2020 3:32:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly added : “While COVID surcharges are likely to be very rare, I think that there are many Canadians that understand that small businesses are struggling just like they are,” “It may be viewed as a reasonable trade-off”

globalnews Sunday, May 24, 2020 3:32:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I firmly believe that had this been announced near the start of the crisis many employers would have delayed some of the rounds of layoffs that they were otherwise forced to do, and as a result kept more people on their payroll,”

simcoe Wednesday, May 20, 2020 1:35:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I firmly believe that had this been announced near the start of the crisis… many employers would have delayed some of the rounds of layoffs that they were otherwise forced to do, and as a result kept more people on their payroll,”

TorontoStar Wednesday, May 20, 2020 12:40:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly wrote : "We swore to uphold the Wisconsin Constitution," "He's free to join in anytime he wishes"

startribune Friday, May 15, 2020 11:22:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I’m really unhappy with the Ford government for not offering, at minimum, eviction protection for small businesses,”

TorontoStar Thursday, May 14, 2020 11:20:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I’m really unhappy with the Ford government for not offering, at minimum, eviction protection for small businesses,”

simcoe Thursday, May 14, 2020 11:18:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “A billion dollars is not a giant amount given the state of business collapse that is happening across the country and it certainly won’t fix everything, but it will help fill some gaps. There will be some businesses that will be able to make it through this emergency phase as a result,”

TorontoStar Thursday, May 14, 2020 4:21:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The CEBA program is in desperate need of expansion,”

TorontoStar Thursday, May 14, 2020 4:21:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “A billion dollars is not a giant amount given the state of business collapse that is happening across the country and it certainly won’t fix everything, but it will help fill some gaps. There will be some businesses that will be able to make it through this emergency phase as a result,”

simcoe Wednesday, May 13, 2020 11:15:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The CEBA program is in desperate need of expansion,”

simcoe Wednesday, May 13, 2020 11:15:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “A billion dollars is not a giant amount given the state of business collapse that is happening across the country and it certainly won’t fix everything, but it will help fill some gaps. There will be some businesses that will be able to make it through this emergency phase as a result,”

simcoe Wednesday, May 13, 2020 11:15:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The CEBA program is in desperate need of expansion,”

simcoe Wednesday, May 13, 2020 11:15:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “There are many firms who find themselves too small or with unique circumstances, preventing them from accessing other forms of support,”

cp24 Wednesday, May 13, 2020 11:01:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "There are many firms who find themselves too small or with unique circumstances, preventing them from accessing other forms of support,"

timescolonist Wednesday, May 13, 2020 10:59:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “There are many firms who find themselves too small or with unique circumstances, preventing them from accessing other forms of support,”

globalnews Wednesday, May 13, 2020 10:22:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "There are many firms who find themselves too small or with unique circumstances, preventing them from accessing other forms of support,"

simcoe Wednesday, May 13, 2020 10:17:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "I’m going to reopen on Tuesday," "It’s going to be difficult, and I’m not going to expect a lot. I’m going to be opening, but it’s not going to be easy"

ohio Sunday, May 10, 2020 1:26:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "How will people react when everything is open?" "The uncertainty is just scary. There are really people spooked by this thing"

ohio Sunday, May 10, 2020 1:26:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "I’ve lost so much of the selling season. April is a big month for us,"

ohio Sunday, May 10, 2020 1:26:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It’s all been wiped out,"

ohio Sunday, May 10, 2020 1:26:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "One of the biggest challenges many employers have with student employment is a lack of available students for the work they have on offer," "This year is likely to be somewhat different, as many employers have reduced their regular workforce"

CBC Thursday, May 7, 2020 3:26:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “One of the biggest challenges many employers have with student employment is a lack of available students for the work they have on offer,” “This year is likely to be somewhat different as many employers have reduced their regular workforce”

citynews-ca Thursday, May 7, 2020 1:13:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "One of the biggest challenges many employers have with student employment is a lack of available students for the work they have on offer," "This year is likely to be somewhat different as many employers have reduced their regular workforce"

simcoe Thursday, May 7, 2020 12:48:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “One of the biggest challenges many employers have with student employment is a lack of available students for the work they have on offer,” “This year is likely to be somewhat different as many employers have reduced their regular workforce”

TorontoStar Thursday, May 7, 2020 12:03:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "One of the biggest challenges many employers have with student employment is a lack of available students for the work they have on offer," "This year is likely to be somewhat different as many employers have reduced their regular workforce"

simcoe Wednesday, May 6, 2020 11:55:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "One of the biggest challenges many employers have with student employment is a lack of available students for the work they have on offer," "This year is likely to be somewhat different as many employers have reduced their regular workforce"

timescolonist Wednesday, May 6, 2020 11:49:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “I think there’s going to be need to be a phased approach to weaning the economy off of the benefits because the economy is not going to bounce back instantly,”

TorontoStar Wednesday, May 6, 2020 3:31:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “There is a huge number of businesses that do not want to take on additional debt at this time,”

theglobeandmail Sunday, May 3, 2020 11:38:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Small business owners are calling us absolutely frantic because they don't qualify for this program,"

CBC Sunday, May 3, 2020 11:07:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "I'm very worried about very small, micro-sized businesses that are so vulnerable,"

CBC Sunday, May 3, 2020 11:07:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Tell us now what kinds of things might be critical for us to have in a business to allow it to open so we have the time to get those things in order,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, April 28, 2020 8:36:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “It’s good news we’re starting to talk about reopening,” “At the same time, it was quite tentative and small”

TorontoStar Tuesday, April 28, 2020 8:36:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We’ve got to make sure we allow the smallest of businesses to have a little bit of heartbeat of business, to keep them going,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, April 28, 2020 8:36:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said ( about Senate Finance ) : “There’s no question it has been challenging to get quick action from some elements within the Department of Finance. It’s hard to determine if that’s political or civil service level,”

theglobeandmail Tuesday, April 28, 2020 2:21:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It wouldn't surprise me that there's been a levelling off of that just as there has been a levelling off of the virus itself,"

simcoe Thursday, April 23, 2020 6:13:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "They are the ones we are hearing from the loudest," "They are unfortunately not getting access to the very good support programs that are designed for businesses"

simcoe Thursday, April 23, 2020 6:13:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “It wouldn’t surprise me that there’s been a levelling off of that just as there has been a levelling off of the virus itself,”

TorontoStar Thursday, April 23, 2020 5:51:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “They are the ones we are hearing from the loudest,” “They are unfortunately not getting access to the very good support programs that are designed for businesses”

TorontoStar Thursday, April 23, 2020 5:51:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “There is a huge number of businesses that do not want to take on additional debt at this time,”

theglobeandmail Monday, April 13, 2020 1:11:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Just last week alone, we had five small business owners call and talk about suicide. That's how grave this has become,"

CBC Saturday, April 11, 2020 3:11:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “That is how dark this has quickly become for small-business owners,”

edmontonjournal Saturday, April 11, 2020 2:51:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “It’s not just a professional club, it’s one with such history behind them and the overall culture is the point of difference,”

irishmirror Friday, April 10, 2020 10:11:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "That is how dark this has quickly become for small-business owners,"

simcoe Friday, April 10, 2020 12:54:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “For most businesses they’ve already done their layoffs and they’re not going to reverse them at this stage,”

simcoe Thursday, April 9, 2020 4:53:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “It will help save some businesses and will help save some jobs of Canadians that otherwise both have been lost,”

simcoe Thursday, April 9, 2020 4:53:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "That's not going to be a particularly comfortable HR move in many workplaces,"

CBC Thursday, April 9, 2020 1:57:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Just the fear that if your sales go down by 27 per cent you'll get zero subsidy, that will say to some business owners, 'I can't afford to take the risk,'" "If they've already paid out workers their regular pay, and they don't get the subsidy, they (may) go bankrupt... so the safer option, in many cases, might still be layoffs"

simcoe Tuesday, April 7, 2020 9:31:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Just the fear that if your sales go down by 27 per cent you'll get zero subsidy, that will say to some business owners, 'I can't afford to take the risk,'" "If they've already paid out workers their regular pay, and they don't get the subsidy, they (may) go bankrupt... so the safer option, in many cases, might still be layoffs"

timescolonist Tuesday, April 7, 2020 9:27:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We can do two things at the same time: maintain the foundations of our democracy while taking reasonable precautions to keep people safe,”

wsaw Tuesday, April 7, 2020 1:29:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "Already, many of these small businesses operate on very small margins," "We're pushing provincial governments to come to the table to provide some relief to businesses that have been shut down where rent is a big issue. We need to continue to support these firms to get them across the finish line"

CBC Monday, April 6, 2020 5:12:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The Department of Finance dusted off its recession file and started pulling out those measures first,”

theglobeandmail Saturday, April 4, 2020 2:50:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It all came to a roaring, screeching halt," "I miss that (interaction) terribly. We do everything we can to continue outreach online but it's just not the same. We generally don't get as many people that way when we do these things online. There's no way to replicate the intimate conversations you have with somebody"

startribune Friday, April 3, 2020 9:50:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The decisions to make the wage subsidy widely available to employers of all sizes and structures is the right approach given the unique nature of the COVID-19 pandemic,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, March 31, 2020 2:07:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “It’s a substantial wage subsidy and it looks like it’s broadly applied and those were the most important criteria,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, March 31, 2020 1:19:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “If governments can cover the wage bill for a period of time or a large chunk of it … then the business itself has a fighting chance,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, March 31, 2020 1:19:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “We’re already hearing from members who feel 30 per cent may be a big hill,”

TorontoStar Monday, March 30, 2020 10:37:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The government is open to feedback,”

TorontoStar Monday, March 30, 2020 10:37:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "The decisions to make the wage subsidy widely available to employers of all sizes and structures is the right approach given the unique nature of the COVID-19 pandemic,"

timescolonist Monday, March 30, 2020 9:55:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It is really, really bad and many won’t make it regardless of these announcements. Even a 100% wage subsidy would be too little to help given the long list of other costs, particularly rent,"

news-yahoo Saturday, March 28, 2020 11:41:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Ensuring as many workers as possible remain connected to and paid by their employers will reduce the financial and mental stress on workers and ensure that Canada’s economic recovery will begin the day after the health emergency phase ends,”

ctvnews Saturday, March 28, 2020 5:18:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It is really, really bad and many won't make it regardless of these announcements. Even a 100% wage subsidy would be too little to help given the long list of other costs, particularly rent,"

arkansasonline Saturday, March 28, 2020 12:56:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Ensuring as many workers as possible remain connected to and paid by their employers will reduce the financial and mental stress on workers and ensure that Canada’s economic recovery will begin the day after the health emergency phase ends,”

barrie Saturday, March 28, 2020 3:37:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It is really, really bad and many won’t make it regardless of these announcements. Even a 100% wage subsidy would be too little to help given the long list of other costs, particularly rent,"

japantoday Saturday, March 28, 2020 2:07:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “The announcement today of a 75 per cent wage subsidy for (small and medium enterprises) affected by the COVID-19 crisis will not help every company or employee, but will help small firms retain hundreds of thousands of workers who would otherwise be laid off,”

TorontoStar Friday, March 27, 2020 10:11:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It is really, really bad and many won’t make it regardless of these announcements. Even a 100% wage subsidy would be too little to help given the long list of other costs, particularly rent,"

brownsvilleherald Friday, March 27, 2020 9:18:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "It is really, really bad and many won’t make it regardless of these announcements. Even a 100% wage subsidy would be too little to help given the long list of other costs, particularly rent,"

muscatinejournal Friday, March 27, 2020 9:11:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “CFIB is focused on measures that will keep the connections between workers and employers and not require layoffs,”

cknw Thursday, March 26, 2020 12:12:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “CFIB is focused on measures that will keep the connections between workers and employers and not require layoffs,”

globalnews Wednesday, March 25, 2020 11:34:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "many small business will be forced to make additional layoff decisions in the next few days,"

CBC Wednesday, March 25, 2020 5:37:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "A third of small business owners said that if sales dropped significantly they would be able to hang on for less than a month before the business is permanently closed,"

CBC Wednesday, March 25, 2020 2:28:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "That's the kind of approach Canada desperately needs," "I think if the government does that as a temporary measure, it will in fact be temporary. What worries me is that the only option that employers right now have is to lay off staff, and once those employees are put on Employment Insurance, a good chunk of those employees are not going to come back or are going to come back to employers really slowly, as we try to put the puzzle back together"

CBC Wednesday, March 25, 2020 2:28:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “More than half of small firms have begun laying off staff, with a quarter reporting they have already been forced to lay off their entire workforce,” “At this rate, the only way to prevent massive additional unemployment is for government to introduce a much larger wage subsidy program”

globalnews Wednesday, March 25, 2020 1:21:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “More than half of small firms have begun laying off staff, with a quarter reporting they have already been forced to lay off their entire workforce,” “At this rate, the only way to prevent massive additional unemployment is for government to introduce a much larger wage subsidy program”

cknw Wednesday, March 25, 2020 12:57:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly says : “It’s time for the provincial government to step in and offer the same protections to commercial renters that they’re offering to residential renters,”

theglobeandmail Tuesday, March 24, 2020 9:37:00 PM EAT

Dan Kelly said : "The level of the subsidy needs to be far higher in order to help — closer to the 75 to 90 per cent levels announced in many European countries,"

CBC Monday, March 23, 2020 11:48:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “Ten per cent might help for a couple of weeks. We need something like Denmark, which has a 75 per cent wage subsidy. And we need it now,”

TorontoStar Friday, March 20, 2020 1:28:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly said : “They’ve done some things right. But I think what they’ve missed is that employers facing a giant cut in income are at the point of laying people off now. They need money fast,”

TorontoStar Friday, March 20, 2020 1:28:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly indiqué : «Mais je soupçonne que les gens n'ont pas vraiment pris conscience... que l'effet que cela pourrait avoir sur leur chèque de paie et leur emploi»

lapresse-CA Monday, June 20, 2016 2:33:00 AM EAT

Dan Kelly indiqué : «Mais je soupçonne que les gens n’ont pas vraiment pris conscience…que l’effet que cela pourrait avoir sur leur chèque de paie et leur emploi»

lactualite Monday, June 20, 2016 12:12:00 AM EAT