Finance committee  My answer will be short: It's yesterday. We needed that before now, because some people might have avoided going fishing and would have avoided major expenses.

Finance committee  I think I might give a different version, a different take. Our association did actually ask for the delay for two factors. One was that because the COVID was increasing we were very nervous about putting more pressure on our health care by having more people out in public. We we

Finance committee  I think what we've proposed in our $120,000 interest-free loan would go a long way, not only in giving some needed financing to individual harvesters, but also, it would be good for communities and the contributing business that harvesters deal with. This would be an availability

Finance committee  I mentioned in my presentation that our members should be able to withdraw from their RRSPs tax-free for this year, due to the crisis, but I think we're open to flexibility as to how it would work if that's not palatable for the Department of Finance. I think there's capital ther

Finance committee  I might have.

Finance committee  Actually my niece lives in London. She's a nurse. She's on the front lines.

Finance committee  I sure will. I think the lobster fishery is the backbone of communities along the coastline where I live. I fished for 33 years. My father fished before me, and I come from a family of 19, so we ate a lot of lobster over time. It's worth billions of dollars to the Nova Scotia

Finance committee  When the minister came out with that statement, we went to our accountant to make sure and verify with them. They told us from the very beginning that it doesn't fit. What we need for the fishery is something that's specific to the fishery. On land businesses and businesses for t

Finance committee  I think you summarized the problem exactly as we see it as industry representatives. To the question you asked, there has to be something to fill the gap. We need a bridge. We need it from either CERB or from fishing to next year.

Finance committee  They use the revenue they've earned to qualify or disqualify, but I think you have to target the area. I think in the southern gulf, the spring fisheries are the areas you have to target for aid. We know that we're going in at a deficit even before we set a trap in the water. I t

Finance committee  No.

Finance committee  No, sir.

Finance committee  No, we weren't.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As I think everybody knows, we've known each other for quite a while. Mr. Chairman, fellow board members and fellow industry reps, the Gulf Nova Scotia Fishermen's Coalition is thankful for the opportunity to be able to appear before you, the Standing Co