Thank you, Mr. MacDonald. I've had the very good fortune to spend some time in P.E.I., and I'm familiar with the great tourism businesses you have there. I've heard directly from them how this virus has hit them—through no fault of their own.
P.E.I. also very admirably put in place some strong coronavirus protection measures that inevitably had an impact on your tourism industry. Bill C-2 is a very necessary measure to support tourism businesses in P.E.I. and across the country in view of the fact that they can't fully reopen. I must say that when we announced these measures at the end of October, we didn't know omicron was coming, but we knew there was uncertainty and we knew it was still impossible for those businesses to fully reopen. I'm very glad we're able to provide this support.