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From YouTube: MARCH 24 2021 Statements Jagrup Brar
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
1st Session
42nd Parliament
A
Thank
you
honorable
speaker.
A
In
march
2020
our
lives
were
turned
upside
down
by
the
cover
19
pandemic.
Many
organizations
came
forward
to
support
and
guide
the
community
and
local
businesses
during
this
extremely
difficult
journey.
Mr
speaker,
through
unknown
paths
with
unknown
ends,
one
such
guiding
light
in
surrey
fleetwood
is
the
fleetwood
business
improvement,
association
or
bia
representing
roughly
350
businesses.
A
The
fleetwood
bia
has
worked
diligently
throughout
this
time
to
support
small
businesses
and
connect
them
with
the
local
community,
the
bia
designed
program
to
educate
businesses
and
shoppers
on
the
public
health
guidelines
and
worked
tirelessly
to
issue
newsletters
and
communications
to
their
membership,
to
provide
valuable
information
on
access
to
government
resources
during
the
early
part
of
the
pandemic.
Mr
speaker,
the
bia
launched
the
open
for
business
marketing
campaign,
a
sharp
local
initiative
to
inform
the
public
of
the
local
businesses,
ready,
able
and
eager
to
serve
the
public
in
recognition
of
its
contribution.
A
The
fleetwood
bia
reports
that,
at
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic,
roughly
half
of
the
353
businesses
had
closed,
but
upon
entry
into
phase
two
of
the
plan,
almost
all
fifth
fleetwood
business
reopened
in
accordance
with
the
public
health
guidelines.
In
fact,
fleetwood
has
actually
seen
a
net
increase
of
12
new
businesses
that
opened
during
the
pandemic.