Businesses in Smiths Falls, Ont. say they're better positioned to withstand the layoffs at Canopy Growth, with the business community vowing solidarity and resilience as it adjusts to another economic blow to the community.
While the town reels from the cannabis company's layoffs, with 350 of the 800 layoffs affecting the area along with the closure of the former Hershey plant, Smiths Falls business owners say this community will move forward.
"A lot of the people here in the community, it's a very tight-knit community, not that we hadn't heard rumblings of it before, but as soon as it comes to fruition you are devastated for the families," he added. "The community lost about 1,500 jobs with Hershey and the Rideau Regional closing immediately and we were able to weather that storm," he said.Over at C'est Tout bakery, owner Amy Rensby agrees.
"People are kind of looking at it and going, 'OK, this really stinks and it's sad for the people who lost their jobs', and 'OK, how do we just continue with moving forward,'" Rensby added."I think that's the really important part, is that people are already, just yesterday, thinking how we move forward, what do we do next and that's I think a signal of the strength of the community.
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