Leamington Launches BizPaL, Strengthening Local Businesses

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Starting and running a business in Leamington just became easier thanks to BizPaL, an online business permit and licence service that saves time spent on paperwork and helps entrepreneurs start up faster.

The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, and Mayor Hilda MacDonald are pleased to announce the implementation of BizPaL in the Municipality of Leamington.

This free online application is a directory of the permits and licences required to start or run a business. BizPaL saves business people time searching for information and, as a result, helps them meet their obligations more easily. The BizPaL program is the result of a unique partnership among federal, provincial, territorial and local governments.

Leamington continues to recognize the importance of small business to the local economy and this new tool aligns with the recently launched Reinvent This Space program. Reinvent This Space is a competition that invites local entrepreneurs to submit their business ideas for a chance to win a $15,000 grant to help them start their business in Leamington.

Leamington’s signing on to the BizPaL program, brings the total number of Ontario’s local governments involved in the service to 154. The Municipality of Leamington joins over 1,000 other Canadian cities, towns, regional districts and First Nations participating in this online information service.

For more information on the BizPaL program, please visit www.leamington.ca/bizpal

Quotes

“Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and employ millions of hardworking Canadians from coast to coast to coast. Our government is helping small businesses start up, scale up and access new markets and making it easier for them to do business. Small business owners will tell you that few things are as valuable as time and that’s why services like BizPal, that provide customized lists of what permits and licences a small business need, are so essential. ”

– The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion

“The BizPaL service will make it easier for small businesses in Leamington to access the information they need from all levels of government. As a previous small business owner, I know how challenging it can be to navigate permit requirements and processes, and BizPaL walks you through it step by step. I'm very pleased that we’re able to offer this service to our community." 

–  Hilda MacDonald, Mayor, Municipality of Leamington  

Quick facts

  • BizPaL is a unique collaboration across all levels of government that helps entrepreneurs find out which permits and licences they require to start and grow their businesses.
  • All provinces and territories participate in BizPaL, with more than 1,060 municipalities and 4 First Nations offering the service, making it available to 80 percent of the Canadian population.

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Media Contact:

Kelly Sfetkidis, Manager of Communications & Public Relations

Municipality of Leamington

519-326-5761

kelly@leamington.ca

 

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