安省紧急商业地租援助计划OCECRA - 总额超9亿元

鉴于疫情影响，本省小企业遭受着极大经济压力，因此亦无力偿付地租。省府采取行动，减轻小企业和地产所有者的经济负担。

经过与社区进行广泛协商之后，省府做出决定，将和联邦政府一道为小企业和房东提供紧急救济。

(Ontario-Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program，简称OCECRA)。

这笔由省府和联邦政府共同提供的救济金，总额将超过9亿元，旨在帮助小企业在紧急状态结束后可以重新营业。

基于疫情缘故，小商户受到严重冲击，也导致了商业地产所有者的地租将会大幅下降。有鉴于此，这笔OCECRA救济金将为所有符合标准的商业地产所有者提供可免除贷款(forgivable loans)。

若想获得这笔救济金，地产所有者必须把小商户从2020年4月至6月期间的租金免除至少75%。同时，地产所有者必须承诺，不会在未来三个月内驱逐租户。

这笔OCECRA救济金，由联邦政府下属之加拿大按揭及房屋公司(Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)管理，具体申请流程信息由该公司负责提供。

该救济金，有效期可追溯至2020年4月1日，并将涵盖4月、5月、6月。

省府在此敦促联邦政府尽快发放这笔救济金。

此外，省府已采取一系列措施，合计提供了100亿元现金流支持，来支持本省就业和经济。

具体措施如下：

从2020年4月1日起，省府提供了5个月的利息和罚款减免，对象为所有未能上报或支付各种省级税的企业。借此，省府将提供10万本省企业提供60亿现金流。

省府延后2021年度地税估算工作，为本省所有地税缴纳者提供稳定性。

鉴于六月三十日，将是本年第二季度终止日期。省府允许市政当局延期90天将教育地税汇至各教育局，借此使得各市政当局有足够操作空间，令本省居民和企业延期缴纳税款超过18亿元。

省府为企业提供“地区机遇投资税抵免”(Regional Opportunities Investment Tax Credit)，使得企业可以在本省特定地区投资资本。特定地区指代当地就业增长率低于本省平均水平的地区。

不仅如此，省府已为小企业、住户和农场电力用户暂停按时段收电费(time-of-use)。因此，电费现在是每千瓦时10.10分钱，而且是7天24小时都保持在这个价位。本省所有按时段交电费的电力用户都可以享受到这个待遇（本省绝大部分电力用户都是按时段交电费）。通过将电费调至非高峰价，省府已为广大用户提供超过50%的费用减免。

同时，省府与联邦政府合作，提供400亿元中小企业贷款(Small and Medium-sized  Enterprise Loan)，费用出自加拿大出口发展公司(Export Development Canada)和加拿大商业开发银行(Business Development Bank)。该计划将提供担保贷款(guaranteed loans)，满足本省企业现金流需求。

Small businesses are experiencing real financial pressures during the COVID-19 outbreak and are struggling to pay rent as a result. Our government is acting to ease the financial pressures faced by small businesses and property owners.

After many consultation and feedback from the community, Premier Doug Ford and his government is partnering with the federal government to provide urgent relief for small businesses and landlords affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.

The province is committing $241 million through the new Ontario-Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program (OCECRA). The total amount of provincial-federal relief that would be provided is more than $900 million, helping to ensure small businesses are ready to reopen their doors when the emergency measures are lifted.

The OCECRA will provide forgivable loans to eligible commercial property owners experiencing potential rent shortfalls because their small business tenants have been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. To receive the loan, property owners will be required to reduce the rental costs of small business tenants for April to June 2020 by at least 75 per cent and commit to a moratorium on evictions for three months.

The OCECRA would be administered by the federal government, under the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), which will provide more details on application process. The support program would be retroactive to April 1, covering actions from April, May and June 2020.

Our government is urging the federal government to move as quickly as possible to distribute the loan amounts.

the government has implemented a series of cash flow supports amounting to $10 billion to help support jobs and the economy, including:

• Doubling the Employer Health Tax exemption for 2020, cutting taxes by $355 million, benefiting roughly 57,000 employers;

• Eliminating penalties and interest to businesses who miss filing or remittance deadlines for various provincially administered taxes for five months starting April 1, 2020, providing up to $6 billion in cashflow for about 100,000 Ontario businesses;

• Postponing the planned property tax reassessment for 2021, providing stability for Ontario's property taxpayers;

• Deferring the upcoming quarterly (June 30) remittance of education property tax to school boards by 90 days, providing municipalities with the flexibility to, in turn, provide property tax deferrals of over $1.8 billion to local residents and businesses;

• Implementing the new Regional Opportunities Investment Tax Credit for businesses that make eligible capital investments in designated regions of the province where employment growth has significantly lagged behind below the provincial average.

Ontario has also suspended time-of-use electricity rates for eligible small businesses, as well as residential and farm time-of-use customers, holding electricity prices to the off-peak rate of 10.1 cents-per-kilowatt-hour, for 24 hours per day, seven days a week for 45 days, for all time-of-use customers, who make up the majority of electricity consumers in the province. By switching to a fixed off-peak rate, time-of-use customers will see rate reductions of over 50 per cent compared to on-peak rates.

The Ontario government has also worked with the federal government to develop the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Loan that will enable up to $40 billion in lending, supported through Export Development Canada and the Business Development Bank. This program will help businesses meet cash flow requirements through guaranteed loans.

Our Government is providing additional financial relief to the province's most vulnerable seniors. As part of Ontario’s Action Plan: Responding to COVID-19, we’re doubling Guaranteed Annual Income System (GAINS) payments to help low-income seniors during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Today, the Province is issuing the first doubled GAINS payments. Recipients will receive up to $166 per month for individuals and $332 per month for couples. These doubled payments will continue for six months and provide an additional $75 million to 194,000 vulnerable seniors.

省府已决定为本省最弱势老年群体提供额外经济救济。

作为省府“抗疫行动计划”的一部分，疫情期间省府将低收入老年群体的“安省收入保障金”(GAINS)整整翻倍。

今日，省府将发放第一笔已翻倍的保障金。若收款方为个人，则每月将得到最多166元。若收款方为夫妻，则每月将最多的到332元。

此笔翻倍保障金将持续六个月提供，并为194,000名弱势老年人再提供额外7千5百万元。