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Visit the County of Simcoe​ and the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit ​for​ local updates

New Updates for Business: ​​​​​ 

• New Red Tape Reduction Act​ (February 22, 2202)
  
• Multi-Sectoral Technical Briefing for Easing of Public Health Measures​ (Materials - February 16, 2022)
  
• New Agriculture Wage Subsidy for Youth​ (runs until March 2022)
  
• Ontario Expands Relief for Tourism Sector (February 16, 2022)
  
• Ontario Moving to Next Phase o​f Reopening on February 17​ (Feb 14, 2022)
  
• Applications now open for Small Business Relief Grant program ​(Feb 9, 2022) 
  
• EDC has made its temporary pand​emic investme​nt matching program permanent (Feb 8, 2022)
  
• Ontario Outlines Steps to Cautiously an​d Gradually Ease Public Health Measures (January 20, 2022) 
  
• Applications Now Open for Ontario Business Costs Rebate Program (January 18, 2022) ​
  
• Ontario Cuts Electricity Rates to​ Help Workers, Families and Small Businesses​ (January 18, 2022) 
  
• Ontario Launches Pro​gram to Support Advanced Manufacturers Across Province​ (January 17, 2022)
  
• Technical Briefing - New Supports for Small Businesses, Workers and Families Presentation Slides​ (January 10, 2022)​
  
• Ontario COVID-19 Small Business Relief Grant ​- a grant of $10,000 to eligible small businesses required to close under modified Step 2 of the Roadmap to Reopen​​
  
• Canada Summer Jobs Program – Apply for summer staff before January 25^th​
• Ontario Temporarily Moving to Modified Step Tw​o of the Roadmap to Reopen​ (January 3, 2021)
  
• Government Temporarily Expands Access to Lockdown Program and Worker Lockdown Benefit​ (December 22, 2021)
  
• Ontario Launches N​ew Supports for Businesses​ (December 22, 2021)
  
• Ontario Further Strengthening ​Response to Omicron (December 17, 2021)
  
• Ontario Taking Action to Protect Against Omicron Variant​ (December 10, 2021)
  
• Ontario Extending COVID-19 Paid Sick Days​ (until July 31, 2022)​
  
• Increasing Deadstock Capacity for Agricultural Sector​ (November 18, 2021)
  
• New Investments in Mental Health Services for Farm Families​ (November 22, 2021)​
  
• Ontario Expanding Second Career Program Funding​ (November 22, 2021)
  
• Ontario Expanding to Women's Future Program (November 18, 2021)
  
• Ontario Investing to Improve Meat Processing Capacity​ (November 12, 2021)
  
• Verify Ontario App​ (October 15, 2021)​
• Ontario Releases Guidance to Support of Vaccination Policy​​​

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