So P.E.I. is getting a double whammy here. It's their second-highest industry, depending on how the fishery goes--which one never knows--or agriculture, for that matter, but it's the second largest industry. It will be impacted because of the difficulties everybody here has outlined. It will be a disincentive for tourists to come to Atlantic Canada, particularly to P.E.I., and we'll lose the jobs and the economic impact in the Summerside area besides.
I just wanted to point that out, Mr. Chair, that Summerside will get hit twice. And as Dawn says, the cost of operating this in Summerside is less than half the total administrative cost of the whole program.
I was just wondering this. I know 9/11 has been mentioned twice here by the NDP and the Conservatives, and I believe that quote was made by Randy Williams, not by a Liberal or a Conservative or any politician. It was made by the president of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, who said in his deposition this is the biggest issue he's faced in his five years, that it's bigger than 9/11.
Maybe we should clarify why this is bigger than 9/11.