The federal government has extended Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA), its rent subsidy program to support small businesses, by another month. For Georgette Carter, manager of the family-owned and -operated Social Barber Studio in Brampton, Ont., another month of rent relief is welcome news. Advocates like SSB and CFIB say the low number of applications prove there are too many barriers to accessing rent relief. Getting relief vs. being left outCarter​​​​​​​ said without rent relief, her family would probably have to shut down their barber shop. WATCH | Ottawa launches CECRA program:After barely scraping through May, thousands of small business owners now say June rent could break them because the government's commercial rent relief program is too slow, and too reliant on landlords' participation.

Source: CBC News July 31, 2020 14:15 UTC