Certainly, we're concerned that government simply hasn't been aware of the economic value of tourism. When you take a look at the GDP, and if you look at the size of our...we are larger than farming, hunting, and agriculture, all those put together. So it speaks volumes about the misperception of the value of the industry. We're simply saying it's time that governments need to take....
The difference between tourism and a manufacturing plant is that when a manufacturing plant closes and 500,000 jobs disappear, that's big news. What's happening to our industry, because it's made up mostly of small businesses, we lose two jobs here, two there. This is an industry that goes from coast to coast, from the 49th parallel right up to the Northwest Territories, to our indigenous people, so it's important, whether you come from a rural or an urban riding. It hits home everywhere.
We're very appreciative that you're talking about it, and maybe you'll do something about it.