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After spending to navigate coronavirus, Toronto-area businesses face uncertain future with lockdown
COVID-19 cases, some say planning uncertainty and thousands spent to adapt to the pandemic mean an uncertain future.“We’ve put so much effort into all this, and having that taken away for the holidays… it sucks at the end of the day,” Chad Welton, co-owner of Anglr restaurant in Toronto, told Global News Friday afternoon.“I just hope that locals keep supporting their restaurants and small businesses.”Welton, like many other Toronto and Peel Region business owners, said he has spent thousands to buy heaters and rent tents to cover his outdoor restaurant patio. For weeks, indoor dining has been banned in the city and reduced-capacity outdoor dining has been providing some income.