Ottawa’s response to the second wave of COVID-19, business shut-downs and the worsening lobster fishing dispute on the east coast

The West Block
18/10/2020 24 min Temporada 10 Episodio 49
Ottawa’s response to the second wave of COVID-19, business shut-downs and the worsening lobster fishing dispute on the east coast

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The West Block host Mercedes Stephenson speaks with Minister of Small Business Mary Ng about the second wave of  forced business closures and what the federal government is doing to help.  National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Perry Bellegarde talks about what needs to be done to resolve a worsening dispute between Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishers on the east coast. And a panel of parliamentarians discuss why the WE affair is being resurrected on Parliament Hill.
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