Being International Women's Day, first of all let me acknowledge Sarah, followed by David and Gilles. Thank you very much for coming and sharing your vision of what you are planning to do for Canada and for us.
Let me start by saying that I had the opportunity to review the special examination opinion that was prepared, and I also got directed from there to the 2015-19 “Marketing in Canada in an Ever-Changing World”. I was hoping that 68-page document would be made available to us because I found it very interesting. I found it very comprehensive, and it addressed a lot of questions I wanted to ask.
Having said that, I have three questions to ask of the panel.
Question one is, since that report was put together in mid-2015, with the new mandate that the government, especially the Minister of Tourism, has given and has published, is there anything in that report that's going to change: any of the priorities, strategic directions, your initiatives, objectives, and key performance measures?
Question two has to do with the amount of appropriation, which I believe to be $70.5 million. It's been broken down by about $60.7 million for marketing and sales, $2.2 million for tourism research, and about $1 million for experimental product development. What activities will your organization be carrying on under these three programs, and are there any changes to these three programs?