Mr. Chair, PNE, the 110-year-old institution in Vancouver East, employs more than 4,000 part-time and seasonal workers at its peak. Its local economic impact is over $200 million each year. Unlike other large fairs, it is unable to receive the wage subsidy. I already brought this up to the minister's attention last year, but nothing has been done to date.
Will the minister fix this so the PNE can access the wage subsidy? Will the federal government give the PNE a special grant, perhaps similar to that of the one that was given to Granville Island $16.7 million, so it can survive the pandemic?