Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First of all I'd like to say what an honour it is to have the witnesses in front of us. For a person who has spent a lifetime in your industry, this is indeed a privilege to have you here today and to hear about this tremendous industry in our country.
I have numerous questions. I hope we'll be able to get through many of these.
This study we're embarking on involving the service sector, which we've had a couple of meetings on, is for us, as parliamentarians, to better understand how the service economy supports the strength of Canada's economy generally.
I wonder if you could briefly comment, Randy, on the degree to which the tourism sector actually generates wealth in the various communities. As a point of background, there has been a discussion about what primary industry is in Canada and what it is not. What we've found so far is that there's a fair degree of integration. I wonder if you could comment at the macro level as to how tourism is in fact a primary industry in our country.