Mr. Speaker, the last Liberal and Conservative speakers both have alluded to the damage done to the tourism industry by the cuts last year. Surplus money that was taken from the Canadian Tourism Commission could have been used for marketing the museum assistance program, MAP. Museums are very important in tourism.
Both members talked about the GST rebate, which has been partially reinstated. I do not want the members to be under the illusion that this is fixed. The tour operators and the convention people will get the rebate, which is great, but individual tourists are very important to my riding and they will not.
On Friday night in my speech at the Association of Yukon Communities, I assured the people that we would work to reinstate that rebate. Individual tourists who drive from the United States into Canada, for instance, and we have a lot of them, do not get the rebate any more. I am asking if the member would commit to help me fight to get this reinstated to help our tourism industry.
Finally, I have a constituent named Tony Fekete, who often comes to see me at the airport and suggests that in Canada we should not be ruling by regulation. Canada is unlike Europe, where governments are not allowed to do that. He thinks we rule by regulation far too much and government is not accountable. I wonder if the member would like to comment on that for my constituent.