Distillery Owner Explains How Two Red Tape Cuts Helped His Business
In this clip the Bridgeland Distillery describes how they benefited from some cuts to red tape.
In this clip the Bridgeland Distillery describes how they benefited from some cuts to red tape.
Restaurant owner Tony Siwick explains how his restaurant benefited from governments cutting red tape and allowing alcohol sales with delivery and takeout orders:
Sometimes “red tape” can seem a bit vague so we produced a short clip in Winnipeg that shows a few examples from one part of the city.
Canada’s unemployment rate is high and many businesses have shut down for good. So what can governments do to get the economy going again?
After COVID-19 hit Canada, governments across the country started to allow restaurants and pubs to sell alcohol with delivery and takeout orders. Many provinces also started to allow doctors to videoconference with patients.
Many CTV News channels covered our news release about relaxed red tape measures during the COVID-19 and the public’s desire to keep the changes. From continuing to allow restaurants to sell alcohol with delivery orders to allowing patients to continue to video conference with doctors, the changes have been a hit with Canadians.
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – While many aspects of normal life remain restricted during the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s also a list of things governments have loosened up on, from alcohol delivery, to court proceedings, to virtual health care.
Since COVID-19 took hold in Canada, governments across the country have relaxed a number of restrictions and rules to help people and businesses cope with the pandemic. From allowing restaurants to serve alcohol with their delivery orders to allowing doctors to video conference with their patients, governments have been able to help people by simply getting out of the way.
The Toronto Star (and affiliate news outlets) reported on our new poll results on red tape measures …
New Canadian think tank SecondStreet.org released public opinion research today that shows a majority of Canadians support continuing to keep relaxed red tape measures permanent – continue to allow doctors to videoconference with patients, continue to allow restaurants to deliver alcohol with meals and other measures.
Some GOOD NEWS – A pub owner in PEI explains how government policy changes around alcohol sales have helped his business.
Across Canada many great examples are emerging of governments helping people deal with the COVID-19 pandemic by – wait for it – getting out of the way.