$4.5M for downtown bars and restos

The mayor has earmarked a new $4.5-million aid package to help downtown bars and restaurants get through whatever remains of the pandemic.

I hope it does help. Every so often, it crops up that when the city offers help like this, the criteria are so narrow, the demands for documentation so rigid and complex, and the delay before the money comes so long, that the money doesn’t do anyone much good.