COVID-19
RESOURCES HUB
Business Supports
Federal Supports
- Avoiding layoffs and rehiring employees
- Access to credit
- Creating new jobs and opportunities for youth
- Deferred payments
- Support for self-employed individuals
- Funding for indigenous businesses
- Supporting financial stability
ALSO SEE: Support for Agriculture, Agri-food, Aquaculture, and Fisheries
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BC Government Supports
1. Supply Products and Services to Support B.C.’s COVID-19 Response
2. SmallBusinessBC Resources for Small Businesses
3. All BC Gov Business Supports
- Employment Standards (what you must do if employees fall ill, are absent from work or your business is unexpectedly disrupted)
- Economic resources for businesses
- WorkSafeBC resources for employers
- Tax deferment
- Support and resources for the agriculture sector and temporary foreign farm worker information
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Additional Supports
General
- Resources for Canadian businesses (Trade Commissioner Service)
- Support for entrepreneurs impacted by the coronavirus COVID-19 (BDC)
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) – Employment and Social Development Canada (Government of Canda)
Exporters
- What Canadian exporters need to know about the coronavirus (Export Development Canada)
Checklists
- Business Preparedness Checklist COVID-19 (GVBOT)
- Business Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Guides
- Getting your workplace ready for COVID-19 (World Health Organization )
- PreparedBC: Guide for Small Business (Government of B.C.)
- Crisis Communications Plan (Canadian Chamber of Commerce)
- Business Continuity & Recovery Plan (Canadian Chamber of Commerce)
Templates and Tools