Mr. Speaker, the member made some great points about things that were not in the budget, such as putting back the $5 billion taken from first nations in the Kelowna accord, the $10 billion taken from Canadians in need, from the child care programs that were all cancelled, and from the many greenhouse gas programs cut by the government.
First, I want to compliment the government on listening to our repeated demands to have the northern tax benefit allowance increased. I talked to the finance minister personally. We put in a lot of petitions, some from Yukon municipalities. We are very happy that the government listened to us.
However, what the government did not listen to and what I would like to ask the member about is tourism and museums. As members know, the government took away the GST rebate for individual travellers coming up through my riding in motor homes et cetera. That has hurt our tourism industry. The Canadian Tourism Commission and the Yukon tourism industry made a big submission on that.
The government has also cut museum funding, which is very important for tourism with regard to all the little community museums. There is nothing in the budget to rectify this disastrous problem stemming from previous budgets.
I would like the member to comment on those two items.