Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for being here today.
My first questions are for Mr. Ballingall, and I'd like to say happy birthday, and thank you for joining us at the committee here today.
I know you represent many different organizations within the tourism industry, and tourism small businesses have seen very significant labour shortage issues in our region.
I wonder if you could touch on how much this has been impacting small and medium-sized businesses in the Thompson-Okanagan area.