The Dauphin and District Chamber of Commerce has sent a letter to Premier Brian Pallister and Dr Brent Roussin.
The executive director of the Dauphin Chamber, Stephen Chychota, says they’re voicing their concerns over the treatment of small businesses.
“Expressing a bit of our concerns for the small businesses and how they’ve been treated during this code red and lockdown, and wanting to encourage that after Friday, once they’ve proposed that there could be more changes, that they do follow through with opening up some businesses again.”
Chychota says they’ve also written up a letter for businesses to send to Pallister and Roussin. It’s very similar to the letter the chamber sent off but includes spaces for businesses to put their name on, so they can be a part of the group message but don’t have to create their own letter.
A link to that letter can be found here.
Stephen hopes the provincial government continues to follow through on the proposed changes to the code red restrictions on Friday.
“The ability to get rid of the essentials/non-essentials list, I think across the board for consumers and retail, everyone will just really enjoy that. It’s a very difficult process to navigate, and I commend the retailers for a good job on going through that and doing the best they can for what they had to go through on that one.“
He adds that other businesses being able to start opening their doors means a lot because of how long code red has lasted.
