Lois Brown at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On March 5th, 2012. See this statement in context.

March 5th, 2012 / 5:10 p.m.

Conservative

Lois Brown Conservative Newmarket—Aurora, ON

The European Cup, yes. So there'll be a tremendous number of people travelling to Ukraine.

Is the Ukrainian government not concerned about the reputation they're developing through this and yet still looking to the west to attract that kind of tourism and that tourist dollar? They don't want it there for just a one-time event. They're looking to attract western dollars to come in.

Are they not concerned that a reputation is going to be out there and that it will deter that kind of dollar from coming in—an economic stimulus on its own?

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