Thank you. I'll be sharing my time with Mr. Garneau.
I want to echo the comments made by Mr. Wallace, and again I want to congratulate the CTC for receiving the marketer of the year award. Actually, I forgot to mention that in my earlier remarks. I think it's quite an accomplishment and it's well received by everyone in the industry, so congratulations once again on that.
Earlier Mr. Lake mentioned very passionately a decision made in the immigration department and he explained the rationale for it, but I think his comments clearly highlighted and demonstrated the impact it has not only in immigration, for example, but across many departments. These decisions are very widespread, and departments don't necessarily work in silos.
To that effect, I think the government has acknowledged and recognized that there needs to be a clear tourism strategy at the federal level, and they've identified and are starting to work on this process. The minister briefly spoke about this as well.
I think it's appropriate again to ask this question, which I asked in the context of the visa issue but I think it's appropriate in this context as well: have you been consulted on that strategy? Has your input been sought?
One of the issues, for example--and Mr. Pollard, you mentioned this to me when we spoke--is air service agreements. These are not done with any strategy in mind, or with CTC in mind, or with other areas in mind where we can actually try to align our goals and objectives in a way to maximize the potential for the industry. The idea behind a strategy is to avoid mistakes like that or to be able to line up our ducks to get the best set of ideas and strategies in place.
Can you guys comment, first of all, on any involvement with regard to the federal tourism strategy and the kind of input you've given to that process and the consultation aspect of it?