Jon Shell is managing director of Social Capital Partners. He is also the co-founder of SaveSmallBusiness.ca, a grassroots coalition of small businesses formed on Mar. 22, 2020, to protect small business during the COVID-19 crisis.
Last Friday, the day before many Ontario small businesses would be exposed to eviction for non-payment of May rent, Premier Doug Ford begged commercial landlords for leniency. “The tenants, my heart breaks for them; give them a break,” Ford said. “To all the big landlords out there: ‘have a heart.’” Then, on Tuesday, he came out even stronger, threatening to come down on landlords “like they’ve never seen before.” --
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