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VOCM Mid-Day Update August 24 · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. The expansion of red tape reduction efforts
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  Speaker 1: to a specific entity within cabinet responsibilities is getting full
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  Speaker 1: marks from the business community. Premier Tony Wakem last week
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  Speaker 1: named Energy Minister Lloyd Parrott as the one who is
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  Speaker 1: now responsible for reducing the regulatory burden on people and companies.
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  Speaker 1: That profile has occupied a separate profile within government before
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  Speaker 1: beginning with Danny Williams some twenty years ago. Yet the
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  Speaker 1: Canadian Federation of Independent Business continually gives Newfoundland and Labrador
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  Speaker 1: an F grade when it comes to red tape. Executive
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  Speaker 1: director Jonathan Gallagay says the extra time and work required
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  Speaker 1: to have anything go through government is costly to the
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  Speaker 1: business community.
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  Speaker 2: I spoke to a small business owner in Central Newfoundland
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  Speaker 2: a couple of days ago who owns a personal care
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  Speaker 2: home who is a challenge with red tape with the
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  Speaker 2: Department of Government Services. I spoke to a business owner
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  Speaker 2: on the southern shore of Newfoundland that talked about having
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  Speaker 2: to apply for three liquor licenses to be within one establishment.
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  Speaker 2: So those are prime examples of red tape in Newfoundland.
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  Speaker 2: Laborator just very closely to small businesses on the island.
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  Speaker 1: Summer is winding down, However, there's still lots of activity
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  Speaker 1: left when it comes to the cruise ship season. Thousands
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  Speaker 1: of cruise passengers have dropped into the capital city so
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  Speaker 1: far this season, with another twenty seven ships scheduled to
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  Speaker 1: dock between now and October. Councilor Jill Bruce, the city's
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  Speaker 1: lead on the cruise ship industry, says this year's later
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  Speaker 1: arrivals are helping to bolster the province's shoulder season.
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  Speaker 3: We used to think that when summer was over, that's it. Okay,
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  Speaker 3: we gear up for winter and it's all done. Now
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  Speaker 3: it's like when we look at, for example, twenty seven
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  Speaker 3: arrivals left, that's great business. So that's great for the
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  Speaker 3: tour operators. That's great for the shops that are I mean,
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  Speaker 3: we're very, very fortunate with the way our port is
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  Speaker 3: laid out St. John's and where cities later that people
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  Speaker 3: get off the ship and literally are in the downtown.
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  Speaker 1: Bruce says. The cruise ship industry in Saint John's benefits
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  Speaker 1: the entire region, as many passengers will go on tours
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  Speaker 1: throughout the Avalonde and spend in several communities. First, it
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  Speaker 1: turned heads in downtown Saint John's. Now a super yacht
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  Speaker 1: is attracting attention in other parts of the province. The
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  Speaker 1: M five is the largest single masted yacht ever built.
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  Speaker 1: It's owned by Rodney Lewis, the president of an oil
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  Speaker 1: and gas company based in Texas. The luxury vessels spent
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  Speaker 1: the last few weeks tied up in Saint John's and
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  Speaker 1: now it's on the move and people are noticing. Several
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  Speaker 1: posts of social media show that the M five is
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  Speaker 1: now anchored off the community of Trinity. That's your news.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland.