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‘It’s carnage out there’: Half a million people face layoffs in restaurant sector

Larysa Harapyn | Posted: March 26, 2020, 4:08 p.m. | Updated: March 26, 2020, 6:20 p.m. | 1 Min Read
The Eaton Centre shopping mall on the day that the province of Ontario declared a state of emergency as the number of novel coronavirus cases continued to grow in Toronto.
The Eaton Centre shopping mall on the day that the province of Ontario declared a state of emergency as the number of novel coronavirus cases continued to grow in Toronto.

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With most restaurants reduced to take-out and delivery only because of COVID-19 restrictions, the state of the Canadian food service industry is uncertain. Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn speaks to Restaurants Canada VP David Lefebvre about the challenges that restaurants will face even when things get back to normal.

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