Thank you for that. People don't realize that before COVID, the fastest-growing tourism segment was the indigenous tourism experience and segment, at $1.9 billion. I believe that was in 2019 alone.
With COVID, that all but vanished, including all of the supports that went there too. I remember that during COVID and the government support programs there were a lot of concerns expressed, many associated with what we heard earlier on the procurement side and about funding and the concerns that ITAC was raising that tourism businesses were providing indigenous experiences yet these experiences were not led by indigenous organizations or businesses or women-led entrepreneurs.
I was wondering if you could comment on that and some of the concerns you have there.