The provincial government is giving the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce $5 million to develop a program for dine-in restaurants.
Premier Brian Pallister made the announcement saying the restaurant community has made significant sacrifices to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
“Many businesses have taken on additional costs to adapt their operations to comply with public health orders and safely provide Manitobans with the services they rely on while supporting their efforts to stay home. Our government continues to work with the business community to identify industry needs and help target our support to help offset new expenses.”
The Manitoba Chamber will deliver the $5-million Dine-in Restaurant Relief Program. The program will be designed for dine-in restaurants that have shifted to a delivery model due to the province being on the critical level of the pandemic response system.
Executive Director of the Dauphin and District Chamber of Commerce, Stephen Chychota, shares his thoughts on the announcement.
“Really, a great move that the Manitoba Chamber can work with the Restaurant Association and the province to allocate some funds to supporting restaurants because they have been severely impacted during this time of COVID. So, hopefully, that going forward, the programs that they can develop and further implement, that they will not exactly make up for them but help them as best they can to keep them going and come out the other side of this whole thing.”
Chychota says there’s not a lot of details shared about the announcement, but there’ll be more to come.
