B.C. small businesses who were rejected for financial aid under the province’s bureaucratic, onerous and poorly designed vandalism grant program are being encouraged to apply again, after the government effectively reset the whole endeavour.
Jobs Minister Brenda Bailey told the legislature that the numerous businesses victimized by vandalism and crime, but who could not access the provincial grants worth up to $2,000, will get a second shot now that she’s dropped the requirements for a police report and insurance claim.
“All of the applicants who were denied under the old criteria will have the opportunity to be reassessed,” she said during her ministry’s budget estimates.
“The applicants who dropped
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