Mr. Speaker, I would like to underline the importance of tourism, an industry that brings in $42 billion in revenue every year, in Canada.
I also want to underline the importance of the formation of the Canadian tourism commission in 1994. It has not only created a partnership with provincial governments and the industry itself, it has not only increased Canadian promotion of tourism products internationally, but it has resulted in moving Canada from 12th to 10th place in tourism receipts and increased—