Burgeo

I, I just heard, uh, Michael King is gonna be on the show to talk about an issue shortly.

I, I understand the work he does, uh, hard out in, in Burgeo, Labrao, and the other MHAs across this province.

But we really often, you know, need to, to fundamentally think about who's gonna be paying for this.

And, you know, we have the, the typical, the median income in Newfoundland and Labrador is just $33,000 a year.

I actually haven't even read the report because, uh, my salary is the least [laughs] of what's on my mind these days.

Um, you know, I'm working on every day here in my office and in the district.

I look at, you know, the roads in our district from Route 480 on the Burgeo Highway, trying to get the minister to br- bring some attention to that area that so desperately needs repair.

I talk to folks in my district about healthcare, improving access to rural Newfoundland and Labrador for healthcare for our residents in our province.

was the summer of 2025.

He's the son of late Burgeo fish processor Spencer Lake.

Lake sees a lot of tourism potential on Newfoundland's south coast, and he's now the founder and chair of the Saltwind Foundation.

This week he's involved in the Business and Investment Summit happening in Corner Brook, and this morning he spoke with the CBC's Bernice Hillier.

Yeah, you should think of us as an equivalent to Shorefast, which was set up 20-odd years ago in Fogo Island by Zita Cobb.

Uh, and we're there to protect the four towns of Burgeo, Ramia, Grey River, and Francois, uh, and to bring investment dollars in to create an economically based development plan, uh, with conservation at the heart of it.

Now, I know Lake is a south coast name.

Mm-hmm.

Um, on the break, let's take that break.

We're gonna come Lyle, uh, Kyle there on the lobster fishery, Greg on the Burgeo Highway, caller on an incident, um, let's see, a drugstore involving the RNC? We'll see.

And Don Coombs, Trinity Conception Placentia Healthcare Foundation telethon coming up.

We'll, uh, have a great chat with Don right after the break.

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Good morning, Brian, and happy Friday to you.