Ottawa businesses eager for COVID-19 restrictions to drop

For Ottawa businesses owners, the last two years have felt like Groundhog Day; a repetitive cycle of restrictions and re-openings capped off by an unexpected shutdown in January.

“There’s been a few (final) corners now. It feels more like we’ve been going around in a circle,” Johny Bonney, Assistant General Manager of The King Eddy said.

Tuesday, it continues. The Ontario government is lifting all indoor capacity restrictions, and vaccination passports will no longer be required at businesses or municipal and provincial facilities.

Ottawa restaurants say they’re eager to see the restrictions lifted.

“Hopefully it puts people at ease and just keeps our momentum towards some normalcy and we can all put this stuff behind us,” Bonney said.