On that point of order, I want to make sure my time was stopped for this. Good. Thank you.
There is a relevant point here to be made. The fact of the matter is that inaction by the previous government had a tremendous negative impact on legitimate potential visitors to Canada. Nobody is disadvantaged more than constituents in areas like mine--and those of other honourable members--where there are significant populations of first-generation Canadians whose family members have difficulty coming here because of the bad apples who abuse the system. Of course, Minister Kenney has taken significant measures to address this issue, and there will be long-term benefits to those who wish to visit Canada and spend money in our country. So I've said my piece on that.
On some of the testimony, the Canadian Tourism Commission talked about the Olympics in their opening statement. I want to focus on not only the short-term impact of the Olympics on visitors to Canada, but the long-term impact.
I had an opportunity to do an interview on a Chinese television station. They're going to run a promotional piece during the Olympics to focus on Canada as a tourist destination for the long term. Stephen Colbert, on his show yesterday, talked about coming to Canada and kind of made light of a situation involving American athletes. But it could do wonders to have him come here and talk about Canada as a place to visit.
Maybe you can talk about the long-term impact of an event like the Olympics on the Canadian tourism industry.