Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Perhaps you could give me a couple of extra minutes, because I would like to address the questions that our honourable colleagues across the way asked about our airports and our ports. I can speak with some authority on that, and on Destination Canada as well, based on my previous role of managing airports and promoting Canada on the world stage. There are programs available. Our government invested fairly heavily in that, and previous governments did too, in the official languages program.
Our airports, our ports, and our borders are seen as the first port of entry. Many times, they are the first experience that our immigrants have here. There are considerable dollars made available in terms of our official languages, as well as the regulations they must follow. All signage must be in both official languages. There should be translators available, as well as services. The government has provided that, and it is up to every port and airport or point of entry to have them there.
In terms of Destination Canada and the funds that are available, I also attended many events for the promotion of Canada on the world stage, and it does fall, as Ms. Beck said, to the communities and the provinces to show up to these events. There are funds made available for those communities to attend them and to promote Canada as a great place to work, live, play, invest, and learn. Those were the five pillars that we would always do, and funds were made available for that. Can we do a better job? Can Canada do a better job? Absolutely, and at that point, I'll lead into my question.
To answer your question, if you guys have any further questions on that, I can probably answer them offline. As a manager of an airport and an executive in airport and aviation who served and actually promoted Canada on the world stage—