Thank you very much to both of you for taking the time. This is an enlightening presentation this morning and a very important one.
I'm astounded by the numbers. You said 84% had significant or modest decrease in sales. That's a pretty serious impact. Not only is compensation required for the damages to a lot of these restaurants, but there is the loss of income. This is pretty significant and very serious. I would like to support you in your endeavour to have fair, efficient, and timely compensation, because this is pretty detrimental.
I find it ironic that $2 million was allocated for a fake lake exhibit to encourage tourism, and the impact of that kind of thing was that we actually had a decrease in business to Toronto.
What did the summit cost the members of your organization? Do you have the cost quantified? What was the extent of the impact? I know 84% was “significant” or “modest”, but do you have that quantified financially?