Great. Thank you.
There was a $500 million fund announced last week. I think it really speaks to the value of Canadians caring for the social and economic fabric of the country. Festivals and major events—and I know that FAME presented to this committee last week or earlier this month—drive the economy across the country, from the Calgary Stampede to the Charlottetown Festival and other major festivals and events. In a place like Stratford, we operate six months of the year. We're driving tourism for six months. You have festivals that are running on weekends or for weeks at a time. They drive the tourism economy.
I think it would be a huge benefit to have a fund that specifically focuses on how those tourism events can be a part of building back the economy and drawing domestic and international visitors.