Finance committee  I do.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  Absolutely.

Finance committee  I'm happy to take the next one. The unique thing about the tourism industry is that the policy and legislation that affects the industry is actually owned by about 24 different ministries and departments. Something that doesn't cost government is actually the establishment of a cabinet committee or other tool that will hold those ministries accountable for implementing changes to policy and legislation that will benefit the industry.

Finance committee  Employment insurance meaning...?

Finance committee  EI?

Finance committee  That would depend on the workers themselves. Oftentimes they will have a secondary job that they will do in the off season. We are the number one employer of young people for seasonal positions. Those young people often leave us and go back to school, so....

Finance committee  I think it's important that the federal government continue to have EI as an option for those who need it.

Finance committee  Certainly seasonal workers have always been a challenge for our industry. We do know that a lot of businesses will try to keep their high-skilled and long-term staff on the payroll year-round, but what we are seeing right now is that, whether it's seasonal or full-time employment, we are really challenged to attract and retain workers because of the reputational damage that we incurred during the pandemic.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  It all depends on which sector within the industry you're talking to. If you are talking to some of the accommodators, they have existing relationships and agreements with some of the Caribbean countries, and bring up workers through that program. The ski industry out west very much looks to some of the South Asian countries.

Finance committee  Thank you very much. Can I answer in English?

Finance committee  To your first question on business events, we think that within our sector it's going to be the last part of the tourism industry to recover. We are seeing that international rivals for the Canadian destinations are going to continue to be a big challenge. Now that the border measures have been removed, we're hoping to see an uptake in that.

Finance committee  First I'll just say we are very thankful for the support and the government programs that helped to support our industry through, basically, a complete shutdown. We were hoping to see extensions of the existing supports for a little bit longer. As we saw, our season, our tourism year this year, did not come back as strongly as we had hoped, because of a number of reasons, one being the number of measures still in place at the border.

Finance committee  Anything that keeps more money in the pockets of our employees is something we would support. It's unfortunate. Our industry is one that took a real beating during the pandemic. We lost 15 years of employment growth. We are competing with many other industries that did not really have the same kind of reputational damage that the restrictions around the pandemic levied onto our industry.