Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The impact of Canada s order on Alaska s cruise ship season is sure to dominate the discussions of the Southeast Conference during its Mid-Session Legislative Summit next Tuesday through Thursday.
Executive Director Robert Venables had this reaction to the latest development. It just really is a gut punch, he said.
He added that they have tried to keep businesses encouraged and optimistic about hanging in there and surviving. Last year the Cares Act really helped get them through, but nobody was made whole and they re just barely hanging in there, leveraged to the hilt and in debt and exhausted out of their savings, so this announcement by Canada certainly is disheartening.