All Federal Business 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

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

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

• PreparedBC: Emergency Plan for Small Businesses (Government of B.C.)
• Webinar: Coronavirus (COVID-19): Managing the impact on global supply chains (EDC)
• Business continuity plan and templates for entrepreneurs (BDC)