Prior to COVID, we were a $105-billion-a-year industry, contributing 2.3% to the nation's GDP. We know that 60% of tourism businesses across the country have told us that the access to the wage subsidy and the rent subsidy is why they are still in existence, are ready to welcome guests back and are ready to contribute to the economy again. If we lose 60% of $105 billion, that's over 60 billion dollars' worth of contribution to the GDP.
It also represents hundreds of thousands of jobs. We have displaced 500,000 people over these past 15 months, many of whom we've lost to other sectors. They've had to find additional work. We want to get back to employing almost two million Canadians.