EDMONTON — The Alberta Chambers of Commerce (ACC), Economic Developers Alberta (EDA), and Community Futures Alberta recently launched a business impact survey on COVID-19 and low oil prices. In one week, the survey garnered nearly 400 responses, with the majority of respondents representing the senior leader within their organization.
Preliminary responses show both COVID-19 and low oil prices are significantly impacting Alberta businesses, with 91 per cent of respondents identifying COVID-19 as negatively impacting their business and 75 per cent of respondents saying the same for low oil prices.