The Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce is asking the City of Saskatoon to again defer property tax and utility fees to help small business struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The chamber is also asking that repayment for the deferral for both taxes and utility fees be spread over two or three years and that late fees be removed. “We are in unprecedented times,” said chamber CEO Darla Lindbjerg. “And if the government wants to see our economy get back to work as quickly as possible, they’re going to have to keep stepping up to the plate.” Lindbjerg told Global News the fee deferrals are needed because businesses are suffering — and that some can “barely make rent right now.” The measures put in place to stem the spread of the novel