'We’re looking for a better life for our kids': Protesters outside Confederation Building say they don't want fishery to be controlled by government anymore

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ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — As fishery workers surrounded Confederation Building on Wednesday, March 20, Jim Chidley said their message was clear.

“I don’t know if it’s so much a thing about budget day, I think we just gathered everyone together because we’re not getting answers from government," Chidley said. "We understand that, we certainly do, but we have people come and say 'well, I can work from home.' But we can’t. We can’t work from home. We have to try and make sure that going forward, we have a future in this fishery.”Fish harvester John Efford. - Jenna Head/The Telegram“We’ve been here pretty much every day for the last three weeks. It’s the same message. We’re trying to gain free enterprise and we’ve got to get it.

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