Mr. Tyler Dyck (Chief Executive Officer, Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery) at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

Thank you very much.

Hello. My name is Tyler Dyck. Our family owns and operates western Canada's original craft distillery, Okanagan Spirits. I'm also the president of the Craft Distillers Guild of B.C. and the spokesperson for more than 250 craft distilleries right across this great nation. At the heart of our collective lack of preparedness for this pandemic is the overarching issue that—