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Greenhouses and Garden Centres should be considered essential businesses

April 15th.  The day after this was posted, Greenhouses and Garden Centres have now been declared an essential business.   Thank you everyone involved in advocating for this change - for we have succeeded.
I am getting many emails and calls to enable garden centre and greenhouse businesses to open as they should be considered essential businesses.  They are very important as part of our food supply chain because many people rely on vegetables and other plants to produce their food during the summer.  It does not make sense to allow companies all over Manitoba to produce vegetables for people's consumption and not allow people to grow vegetables themselves.   Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta already consider garden centres and greenhouses as essential businesses which can operate during the pandemic.  It is time for Manitoba to do the same.   There will need, as with other businesses which operate during the pandemic the need for garden centres and greenhouses to operate safely and with appropriate physical distancing.

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  1. Cathy SSApril 17, 2020 at 4:14 PM

    What an amazing accomplishment. Thanks Liberal Party for advocating for this important change

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