中英对照：疫情之下，安省政府帮助小企业恢复元气的措施有哪些？

 

 

今年年初席卷全球的新冠疫情至今已经有6个月了。联邦政府花了数十亿来维持企业和员工的生计。安省政府也没有袖手旁观。安省政府已启动了“重建大街”，“数字大街”和“安省应对新冠疫情计划”等措施。

 

The COVID-19 pandemic came upon us earlier this year and now six months have passed since its arrival. While the Federal government pumped billions of dollars into all kinds of programs to keep businesses and employees afloat, the provincial government does not stand idol with its hands in its pockets. The Ontario provincial government has initiated the “Rebuilding Main Street”, “Digital Main Street”, and “Ontario's Action Plan-Responding to COVID-19” - just to name a few.

 

2020年10月7日，安省政府推出了“大街恢复计划（MSRP）”。这项耗资6,000万的项目用于支持小型企业，让他们改革创新，应付当前所面临的挑战。相关法案一旦通过，新政策会取消小企业面临的许多条条框框，在保持或加强对公共健康，安全和环境的保护的前提下，使小企业能够寻求新的商机。

 

On October 7, 2020 the Ontario provincial government introduced the “Main Street Recovery Plan (MSRP)”. This is a $60 million plan that will support small businesses and modernize rules to allow them to innovate and meet the challenges of today. The associated act, when passed, will remove hurdles faced by small businesses and allow them to pursue new opportunities — while maintaining or enhancing protections for public health, safety and the environment.

 

MSRP将给那些从事零售，食品、住宿以及其他服务行业、雇有2到9人的街道小企业提供一笔最高$ 1,000的一次性补助，帮助他们购买个人防护设备（PPE）。

 

The MSRP will give a one-time grant of up to $1,000 for eligible main street small businesses — in retail, food and accommodations, and other service sectors — with two to nine employees to help offset the unexpected costs of personal protective equipment (PPE);

 

MSRP将建立一个安省的小型企业的网络平台。该平台将连接全省47个小型企业服务中心，以方便小型企业从省和联邦获得商业咨询和信息。

 

MSRP will establish Ontario's Small Business COVID-19 Recovery Network, which links 47 Small Business Enterprise Centres across the province as places where small businesses can access tailored advice and information on local, provincial and federal programs;

 

MSRP将为家庭，一线工人，年轻人，儿童和土著社区提供心理健康服务。许多人认为政府过去没有重视这一问题。

 

The MSRP will provide Mental health supports for families, frontline workers, young people, children, and Indigenous communities. Many feel that this need has been neglected in the past;

 

MSRP将建一个小型企业网站，向小企业提供服务。同时成立一个电子商业服务团队，以帮助小型企业上网。

 

MSRP will create an Ontario's Small Business Recovery Webpage to provide single window access to small business supports. It will also supply Digital Main Street Squads to help small businesses grow online.

 

安省小企业和给企业松绑厅副厅长Prabmeet Sarkaria指出：“小型企业是安省经济的支柱，安省政府永远是他们的后盾。通过100多个网上会议，省府与小型企业主，他们的雇员，地方领导和经济学家交流，了解到小型企业为确保员工安全，客户信心和强化社区做出的巨大牺牲。省政府将与街道企业共同努力，帮助他们复兴企业和取得创新成果。我们决心在疫情期间、疫情以后以实际行动来支持他们。”

 

According to Prabmeet Sarkaria (Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction) who introduced the program - "Small businesses are the backbone of Ontario's economy, and our government will always be in their corner. Through more than 100 virtual roundtables and discussions with small business owners, their employees, local leaders and economists from all over Ontario, I've heard directly about the extraordinary sacrifices small businesses have made to keep their employees safe, their customers confident, and their communities strong," said. "Our government is standing with main street businesses, and we remain committed to their recovery and renewed success. We are determined to support them through this pandemic and beyond."

 

一旦获得投票通过，MSRP将会改变有关的规定：

When passed, MSRP's regulatory and legislative changes will:

 

1）永远实施现在已经开始的，让有酒牌的餐馆和酒吧可以将含酒精饮料作为外卖食物的一部分。

 

1) Commit to exploring options to permanently allow licensed restaurants and bars to include alcohol with food as part of a takeout or delivery order before the existing regulation expires;

 

2）永远允许零售商店，餐馆和分销点7天，24小时营业。

 

2) Permanently allow 24/7 deliveries to businesses that include retail stores, restaurants, and distribution facilities;

 

3）支持安省生产的食物和食品，允许这些食物和食品进入安省的食品批发中心分销。

 

3) Support the distribution of local food and food products by increasing the range of products sold at the Ontario Food Terminal;

4）支持社区改革创新，允许社区自己开发发电试点项目，包括发电不用进入电网或社区微电网。根据净电量，人们自己可以用再生能源发电，如果自己发的电不够用时，可以从电网里获取电力。

 

4) Enable Community Net Metering demonstration projects to help support local communities to develop innovative community projects like net-zero or community micro-grids. Under a net metering arrangement, the customer generates electricity from a renewable source for their own use while still drawing electricity from the grid when needed;

 

5）提高辅助设备的现代化程度。该项目将帮助长期身体残疾的人购买定做设备，如轮椅和助听器。

 

5) Modernize the Assistive Devices Program. This program will help people with long-term physical disabilities pay for customized equipment, like wheelchairs and hearing aids;

 

6）加大对非法经营出租车的罚款，支持安大略省的出租车和豪华轿车行业。

 

6) Support Ontario's Taxi and Limousine Industry by increasing fines for illegal operators.

 

目前，MSRP的详细信息尚未完全发布。省政府称，这些新措施将帮助企业更安全地恢复营业，更快雇人，更快恢复元气。让我们看看这些措施是否真的对备受磨难的安省小企业有帮助。

 

Details of this MSRP are not completely released at this time. The provincial government claims that these new measures will help businesses reopen safer, rehire faster and recover from COVID-19. Let us see if they are truly helpful to small businesses when the program is implemented.