Mountain Man
Senior Member
They are still predicting 200 000 businesses will close nation wide after this, what a number! I've been lucky to have been consistently busy this year, but so many others are pretty much fucked...
Well - he may have saved them for 3 weeks. I really feel for the small business side - but I don't think there is much long-term hope out what was proposed. It's an incredibly difficult issue to solve - perhaps impossible to save them all (and unclear if that is a reasonable goal in the first place). But by choosing to ignore the virus for as long as this government has, he's sealed many fates regardless. Action and inaction both have consequences and when you are a leader, they bear equal culpability.Whatever criticism (some deserved but not all) is directed at Kenney, I will say that he may have saved thousands of small businesses from going under. To tell independent retailers, restaurants etc to close during their busiest season of the year; and watch big box stores who sell groceries, soak up all the non-essential purchases; would be devastating. There is a reason Black Friday is called as such. In a normal year (which this is far from) that is the day that most small businesses breakeven or start to make a profit. The last 5 weeks of the year are 'make or break' for most.
Enforcement is so key. If had enforcement in the first place we probably wouldn't be in this position. If they are going to keep businesses open, at least make sure there is enforcement happening so we don't have to shut down later after the deaths start piling up.I agree. It might be enough (I really hope so), but enforcement for social gatherings at homes is going to have to be numerous, visible, and expensive (for the violators). The time for education and warnings has long since past.
If they're wearing masks, that is better than doing it at home. If they're hanging out in the food court sitting with a drink for an hour at a large table with many people ... not so much.Apparently, groups of people met at the mall just to hang out, because they were not supposed to do that at home. Kenney is right in that people are still not taking personal responsibility.
This is a perfect example of why collective response is needed to collective action issues playing out at the scale of a mall. Individual stores can do the right thing, but all their efforts might be wasted if the mall management doesn't do the right thing. Where else is this exact example playing out right now, I wonder....Saw some video from Chinook mall on the weekend. Clearly, the mall did not manage the number of people coming in. The retailers themselves were following the mandates but no one was managing the aisles and common areas. Apparently, groups of people met at the mall just to hang out, because they were not supposed to do that at home. Kenney is right in that people are still not taking personal responsibility.
No doubt. As long as authorities allow crowds/gatherings like they did at Chinook Mall or the 'freedom' protests downtown with no regard to masking or physical distancing.1733 new cases today. I bet we break 2000 this week...
Kenny is blaming the South Asian community for the high case load in the NE. What a tool...