Media Coverage
Over the years, the Better Way Alliance has been covered in Canadian media, coast to coast. Below is a small excerpt our media mentions:
 | Annex Bookstore Faces Closure as Rent Soars October 17, 2024 |
| Minimum Wage Falls Short |
Annex Bookstore Faces Closure as Rent Soars CityNews Toronto Staff, October 17, 2024
Minimum Wage Falls Short CityNews Toronto Staff, October 3, 2024
Small Businesses Closing Due to Massive Rent Hikes insauga.com Staff, 2024
This Toronto Café Was Hit With a Staggering Rent Increase Toronto Star Staff, July 2024
Downtown Ottawa Vacancies CBC News Staff, 2024
Guest Column: To Thrive, Windsor Entrepreneurs Need Fairer Commercial Rents MSN / Windsor Star Staff, 2024
Save the Revue and Other Small Businesses With a Commercial Renter Bill of Rights: Advocate The Trillium Staff, 2024
Le cinéma Revue de Toronto risque la fermeture Radio-Canada (ICI) Staff, 2024
Make Downtown Great Again – Protect Small Business (Podcast) iHeart Radio / The Morning Drive Staff, 2024
Local Business Owners Take Loans to Pay Back (Audio) CBC Radio – The Morning Edition (K-W) Staff, 2024
Toronto Star – Commercial Rent (ePaper) Toronto Star Staff, 2024
Minimum Wage and the Economy (BWA) Better Way Alliance Staff, 2024
'We Were Shocked:' Why Canadian Business Owners Are Sounding Alarms Over Skyrocketing Rent Global News Staff, August 6, 2023
Bracebridge Business Shocked by Significant Rent Increase Before Peak Season Muskoka411 Staff, July 23, 2023
Urgent Action Needed to Tackle Out-of-Control Commercial Rent Crisis, Report Warns Retail Insider Craig Patterson, July 30, 2023
The Current – CBC Radio CBC Radio – The Current Staff, 2023
Ottawa Ends Digital-Upgrade Program for Businesses Early, With Billions Unspent The Globe and Mail Staff, February 2024
CEBA Deadline Extended for Marginalized Businesses The Globe and Mail Staff, 2023
Commercial Rent 'Free-for-All' Is Hurting Our Small Businesses Ottawa Citizen Claudette Tardif / Briones column, 2023
'Abject Failure': Rent Hikes, Turnover Concern Some in Newmarket Downtown NewmarketToday Staff, 2023
Letter: Working Sick a Different Matter for Those Without Paid Sick Days Ottawa Business Journal (OBJ) Letter to the Editor, 2023
How About a Vacant Unit Tax for Commercial Properties, Ottawa? Ottawa Citizen Briones, 2023
New Brunswick MLA Proposes Paid Sick Days Global News Staff, 2023
Small Businesses Need Commercial Rent Control Canadian Business Staff, 2023
Is Building Ownership the Secret Sauce to Restaurant Longevity in Toronto? Toronto Star Staff, January 27, 2023
Do Paid Sick Days Make Sense? HR Reporter Staff, 2023
Race for Space Squeezes Retailers Amid Rising Rents The Globe and Mail Staff, 2023
Some Banks Will Charge Businesses a Monthly Fee to Pay Their Taxes The Globe and Mail Staff, 2022
Roncesvalles Closures: High Commercial Rents CBC News Staff, November 2022
Measures Against Inflation Are Only Applied Against Workers Striving The Globe and Mail Letters to the Editor, 2022
The Last Two Years Cannot Be Repeated: Ontario's Easing of Pandemic Measures Will Fuel an Eighth Wave, Critics Warn Toronto Star Staff, September 1, 2022
Teachers Unions on COVID-19 Isolation Rules CityNews Toronto Staff, September 1, 2022
Job Openings Unfilled: Qualified Economic Migrants Can Plug the Gaps Toronto Star Letters to the Editor, September 29, 2022
Ontario Changes COVID Isolation Rules for Workers HR Reporter Staff, 2022
Ontario Extends Paid Sick Leave Program to March 31 Toronto Star Staff, July 21, 2022
Ontario COVID Paid Sick Leave CityNews Toronto Staff, July 21, 2022
Ontario Extends Paid COVID-19 Sick Leave Program Epoch Times Staff, July 21, 2022
Should Diners Tip Extra, or Should Restaurants Pay Servers More? Toronto Star Staff, August 26, 2022
Feds Announce Start Date for 10-Day Paid Sick Leave HCAMag Staff, 2022
Free Grassy Hosts a Land Defence Rally at Queen's Park (Podcast) Scope at Ryerson / The Final Word Staff, 2022
Tomah Restaurant Rent Increase CBC News Staff, February 2022
Small Businesses Need Better Rent Control Protections, Group Says Toronto Star Staff, February 24, 2022
Commercial Rent Prices and Small Businesses The Globe and Mail Staff, February 2022
Beyond Local: Small Business Needs Local Support to Stay Afloat BradfordToday Staff, 2022
Saving Main Street: Local Businesses Need Community Support to Stay Afloat The Conversation Staff, 2022
"Choosing Between Necessities and Necessities," the Case for Paid Sick Days rabble.ca Gabriela "Gabby" Calugay-Casuga, July 11, 2022
COVID-19 Paid Sick Days The Globe and Mail Staff, 2022
As Ottawa's Inadequate Commercial Rent Aid Ends, Small Businesses Need a Better Plan The Globe and Mail Staff (Opinion/Commentary), September 29, 2020