3 major industries making a change because of Covid -19

In March of this year, Premier Doug Ford introduced the Ontario Together Fund where 50M is given to companies to retool to produce equipment for the Covid- 19 fight. Some companies from automotive sector to alcohol and spirits have answered the need for more equipment and products such as ventilators, surgical masks, face shields and hand sanitizers to help and to serve their local communities and to support front line staff. – CTV News: March 24, 2020

Prime One such industry is alcohol and spirits across the country and not just in Ontario. The Corby Sprit and Wine Ltd distillery in Walkerville which has been operating for over 160 years is now making hand sanitizers, so too is Top Shelf Distillers in Perth, Ontario; – CTV News by Alexander Mae Jones March 24, 2020. The call from the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for companies to step up and help the nation was answered by distilleries in B.C such as Ampersand Distilling Co to Yukon Brewing right across the nation to Deep Roots Distillery in P.E.I. A number of distilleries so many to list are lending their support.

Second: several Toronto Public Libraries are changing rows of books for shelves of food in order to meet the 53 % increase in client usage in Toronto due to lay offs and Food Bank closures because of Covid -19. Over 100 staff members from a number of Toronto libraries, volunteer to pack 500 to 600 hampers of food per day and hope to continue their efforts until the city gets back to normal.

Third: due to the growing shortage of flour Canada’s oldest water powered flour mill near London, Ontario called Arva Flour Mill is “going gangbusters to feed the demand from home bakers created by the coronavirus lockdown.” – Heather Rivers. They provide up to 300 to 500 customers per day which is four to five times more than normal. -London Free Press by Heather Rivers April 7, 2020.

Although the city if not the entire country is on lockdown where most of us need to stay home, some industries as mentioned and so many more not listed, are working hard to keep the country together and to do their part in this fight against Covid -19. United we stand O, Canada.