Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, witnesses, for the work you do in your different organizations and for enlightening us on your thoughts on Bill C-44.
I come from the Okanagan. The interior of British Columbia has a lot of opportunity to offer in tourism, so I'm going to start with Ms. Bell.
I find she has written down, conveniently, that there are 742 tourism operators in my area as well as just under 8,500 people who work in the industry. I appreciate your raising that today.
You have raised some legitimate concerns about our competitiveness. I was at the industry committee this morning. The minister responsible for small business and tourism, Minister Chagger, was there, and the question was brought to her about competitiveness. She said that one thing they needed to do was look at other jurisdictions and make evidence-based decisions. Do other jurisdictions that have a value-added tax or a goods and services tax have a similar provision for offering a rebate when you're trying to bring in business from out of the country?