COVID-19 funding from the senior governments.Lisa Dominato, Vancouver city councillor and chair of PNE board, submitted the motion and says the assistance is desperately needed in order to see the PNE survive the pandemic.
Vancouver’s PNE kicks off ‘totally different’ drive-thru fair amid COVID-19 “We’ve had to lay off 93 per cent of our union employees and about 50 per cent of management,” Dominato said.She says the Pacific National Exhibition is the only fair in the country to not receive wage subsidy assistance.The Calgary Stampede, Cloverdale Rodeo and BC AgriFair have all received some financial support, but organizers of the PNE say it has not received a dime.That’s because the PNE has been owned by the City of Vancouver since 2004,.