The union representing over 4,000 workers at the Pacific National Exhibition says the very survival of the British Columbia institution is at risk because it does not qualify for federal emergency COVID-19 funding. According to the PNE's president and CEO, other Canadian entities like Toronto's Canadian National Exhibition, the Calgary Stampede and Edmonton's Klondike Days are receiving emergency federal funding. (Ben Nelms/CBC)CUPE 1004 says it and other PNE unions have written to Morneau and the federal government but have received no response. CUPE 1004 says the coronavirus pandemic has put 1,600 part-time PNE workers out of work. "But we need the federal government to step in or there won't be a PNE for CUPE members to help rebuild," he said.

Source: CBC News August 17, 2020 21:33 UTC