Thank you, Madam Speaker. As I had noted last week, we are committed to doing an internal review of the SEED policy, and included within that will be the market disruption clause. The larger communities versus the smaller communities in different regional centres have different views on whether or not market disruption is beneficial or necessary, with those opinions going very strongly one way or another. In the middle of a pandemic is not an opportunity to wholesale change that, but that is why there is the COVID-related stream that doesn't have the market disruption clause in it so that for those businesses that want to make use of those funds, to make those pivots that are in a COVID-related sense, that they do have that opportunity to do so. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Hon. Caroline Wawazonek on Question 454-19(2): Support for Entrepreneurs and Economic Development (SEED) Policy
In the Legislative Assembly on November 2nd, 2020. See this statement in context.
Question 454-19(2): Support for Entrepreneurs and Economic Development (SEED) Policy
Oral Questions
November 2nd, 2020
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Caroline Wawazonek
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