Opposition Questions N.L. Premier About CETA Fisheries Fund

Keith Hutchings, Official Opposition Critic for Intergovernmental Affairs, is asking, “Is Premier Ball preparing to give up minimum processing requirements (MPRs) in our province’s fisheries as part of the CETA trade deal with the European Union without getting the full $280-million Fisheries Investment Fund that Ottawa agreed to give this province?” “In May 2015, when the federal government of the day tried to renege on their Fisheries Investment Fund agreement, our government said ...