Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2021-05-18 12:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Sean Fraser (Central Nova, Lib.)",
        "fr": "M. Sean Fraser (Nova-Centre, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6757827\" data-originallang=\"en\">Certainly. Let me begin with Mr. Jelley.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6757828\" data-originallang=\"en\"> First of all, as an Atlantic Canadian, who is just across the Northumberland Strait from you, I can tell you that my family very much enjoys our summer visits to the island. I make it an annual habit of popping over to Shining Waters. I was there last year with our family. I was very impressed with the measures that you have put in place to allow for social distancing, despite the fact that you had, for the last summer, a fairly large number of guests visiting. In the outdoor environment that you manage, I never once felt as though I were being put in harm's way. I very much appreciate the steps you put forward. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6757829\" data-originallang=\"en\">I want to turn to your testimony about the wage subsidy in particular. Believe me, you're not the only tourism operator who has made this point, but I think you've broken it down in more explicit detail than others have. As I understand it, the transition away from the wage subsidy, as the hiring incentive ramps up, might be very appropriate in your view for businesses that perhaps have had a smaller hit to their revenue, or perhaps don't have the same operating costs that a business in your position does, or perhaps that could even earn their revenue over the course of an entire year.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6757830\" data-originallang=\"en\">However, what I'm hearing pretty loud and clear from you now is that for a business with significant operating costs, with a short season to earn your revenue, and one that's been hit extra hard because of the travel restrictions, this ain't going to work.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6757831\" data-originallang=\"en\">Can you tell me, in your own words, how we can adapt the program to make sure that we're continuing to support businesses like yours, which I am depending on to help kick-start the recovery. How can we avoid over-spending on businesses that would succeed with the planned transition away from the full subsidy while at the same stage preventing you from having to close your doors?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6757827\" data-originallang=\"en\">Tr\u00e8s bien. Je vais commencer par M. Jelley.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6757828\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Tout d'abord, comme Canadien de l'Atlantique vivant juste de l'autre c\u00f4t\u00e9 du d\u00e9troit de Northumberland, je peux vous dire que ma famille et moi appr\u00e9cions beaucoup nos visites estivales sur l'\u00eele. Je prends l'habitude chaque ann\u00e9e de me rendre \u00e0 Shining Waters. J'y \u00e9tais l'an dernier avec ma famille. J'ai \u00e9t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s impressionn\u00e9 par les mesures que vous avez mises en place pour respecter la distanciation sociale, malgr\u00e9 le fait que vous avez eu, au cours de l'\u00e9t\u00e9 dernier, un assez grand nombre de visiteurs. Dans l'environnement ext\u00e9rieur que vous g\u00e9rez, je ne me suis jamais senti en danger. J'appr\u00e9cie beaucoup les mesures qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 mises en place chez vous. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6757829\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aimerais revenir \u00e0 votre t\u00e9moignage sur la subvention salariale en particulier. Croyez-moi, vous n'\u00eates pas le seul exploitant d'entreprise touristique \u00e0 avoir soulev\u00e9 ce point, mais je pense que vous l'avez expos\u00e9 de fa\u00e7on plus pr\u00e9cise que d'autres. Si je comprends bien, l'abandon progressif de la subvention salariale, au fur et \u00e0 mesure que l'incitatif \u00e0 l'embauche s'intensifie, pourrait \u00eatre tr\u00e8s appropri\u00e9, \u00e0 votre avis, pour les entreprises dont les revenus ont peut-\u00eatre \u00e9t\u00e9 moins touch\u00e9s, ou qui n'ont peut-\u00eatre pas les m\u00eames co\u00fbts d'exploitation qu'une entreprise comme la v\u00f4tre, et pourrait peut-\u00eatre m\u00eame leur rapporter des revenus sur une ann\u00e9e enti\u00e8re.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6757830\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cependant, ce que vous me dites tr\u00e8s clairement maintenant, c'est que pour une entreprise dont les co\u00fbts d'exploitation sont \u00e9lev\u00e9s et dont la haute saison est de courte dur\u00e9e, et qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 durement touch\u00e9e par les restrictions relatives aux d\u00e9placements, cela ne fonctionnera pas.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6757831\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pouvez-vous me dire, en vos propres mots, comment nous pouvons adapter le programme pour nous assurer que nous continuons d'appuyer des entreprises comme la v\u00f4tre, sur laquelle je compte pour aider \u00e0 lancer la reprise? Comment peut-on \u00e9viter de d\u00e9penser trop pour les entreprises qui r\u00e9ussiraient m\u00eame si on \u00e9liminait la pleine subvention tout en permettant \u00e0 des entreprises comme la v\u00f4tre de demeurer ouvertes?</p>"
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    "url": "/committees/finance/43-2/45/sean-fraser-1/",
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