How Montreal Restaurant Owners — and Workers — Feel About the Return of Indoor Dining on January 31 | Eater Montreal

"At Dépanneur Le Pick Up, cook Frank Climenhage — currently on the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit while the spot is closed for the winter — said Tuesday's news felt sudden but that he understands the pressure to reopen in the absence of adequate supports for restaurants and workers. He described the CWLB's $300-per-week benefit as barely covering basic expenses (largely thanks to his lease-transferred apartment), said CERB's earlier $500-per-week allowance now seems generous in retrospect, and insisted that any reopening decision should involve workers: 'No one should have to go back to work if they don't feel comfortable with it,' while acknowledging it's 'no longer sustainable or even possible for some workers to opt out and stay home.'" - Valerie Silva