Specifically a gear replacement program funded by the provincial government and used by many fishermen as a subsidy to help them upgrade their equipment.
Walter Carter, the newly-appointed fisheries minister, holds up a stinky left-over from his two predecessors, John Crosbie and Harold Collins. All three men held the fisheries portfolio in succession in 1974. It used to be an important department.
Children and those with very short-term memories will notice that in those days cabinet ministers could actually operate without instructions from the Old Man of the day.
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