Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Minister, the Canadian Tourism Commission did not receive any new allocated funding in the estimates. We've been facing a crisis in tourism. We're down to 1972 levels in terms of vehicular traffic from the United States coming over to Canada. That's hitting many communities in Ontario, British Columbia, even Nova Scotia, especially with the western hemisphere travel initiative coming into play—that's the passport requirement—and the utter confusion that's out there. There are several laws that actually have been put in play in the United States, but there is still no final resolution as to what's going to happen and timelines and deadlines, aside from the original one, which is implementation very soon.
So given the fact that we have had such a challenge with regard to tourism, why are we not looking at providing the appropriate funds for the Canadian Tourism Commission to at least market to the American markets in a way that's effective? This is a state-sponsored structural change between our two nations, by the introduction of passports. Why has there been literally silence from your department to provide the appropriate resources to deal with this issue?