It's disappointing—that pause and the wait for a response from the minister of tourism.
Our sector needs a plan and it needs a response. More debt and more loans aren't the solution. They need liquidity, and they need answers today.
Again, I was going to pose this question to the Minister of Economic Development.
Our seasonal tourism workers in Niagara are concerned that they will not qualify for EI this winter because they simply will not work enough hours or earn enough income this summer because of COVID. Many have not even been called back to work yet. It was only because of the efforts of our Conservative government that the CERB benefit was extended to seasonal tourism workers.
Minister, has this government considered these future EI issues facing seasonal tourism workers?