Ottawa didn’t spend as much money as expected this year on aid for fish harvesters impacted by COVID.
When the pandemic hit earlier this year just as the fishing season was about to start, the Canadian government rolled out a $479 million compensation program for fish harvesters and fishing enterprise owners.
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