I looked at the annual report of Canada Post, and I couldn't figure out how much the philatelic revenues were. I've heard it might be as high as $20 million.
Stamp collectors buy stuff that's not used to pay for a service, essentially, other than the printing cost, and distribution, and stocking, and that sort of thing, so it's a very big margin for the corporation. My impression, without delving into all the economics of it, is that not much of that actually goes back into the hobby to promote Canadian heritage and stamp collecting as a hobby. Those things can help better educate our kids, but also elevate Canada on the international platform in terms of promoting our culture and so on. Stamp shows are an economic driver in themselves. I mentioned the one in New York City, with a quarter of a million people through the doors in eight days.
What I'm hoping is that you can delve into that a little more with your resources and look at those revenues. I'll certainly work with the organizations I'm a member of and try to get them to make a better submission in terms of what they would like to see some of those revenues used for.