Finance committee  I believe we have to be, and to some extent we are. The dollars that are being invested in growing economies all over the globe to promote themselves mean that we have to be creative, and the best way to leverage the resources we have is through partnership. The Yukon does part

Finance committee  I wouldn't....

Finance committee  I'm going to apologize. My mind is going to draw a blank on the exact numbers coming into Skagway, but to give you some indication, Carcross, which is our community closest to the Skagway border, is a town of 850 people with very limited industry. It receives 100,000 visitors a y

Finance committee  We're not capturing a tremendous number of them. I think we can. For context, Holland America spends more to market Alaska and Yukon than the Yukon government does. Their budget is bigger, and they're all over the globe. That's their budget just for our region. We partner with

Finance committee  The Yukon does not have enough energy, and we're facing an energy crisis. So while that may currently be the case, there are some significant investments that will need to happen if we are going to be able to keep the lights on in a few years.

Finance committee  I would say the border crossing that is our biggest challenge is the Little Gold Creek border crossing between Dawson City and Tok, Alaska. The hours of that border crossing were significantly shortened late last summer, and that has caused tremendous challenges, particularly in

Finance committee  The cost of the ticket is a problem for the entire north. It is a challenge not only in terms of growing international tourism but also in terms of getting Canadians up here. There are a number of times when it is cheaper to fly to Germany from Whitehorse than it would be for me

Finance committee  Skagway and Haines, Alaska, both have cruise ports. Haines is about five hours and Skagway is about two, two and a half hours from here, but only about an hour from Carcross, the town south of here.

Finance committee  Yes, it does.

Finance committee  We are extremely fortunate in the territory to pay only GST and to not have a territorial sales tax. In terms of the number of visitors who come in group travel, it is fairly significant. We have a large number of operators that bring in very small groups. Our largest operator,

Finance committee  Absolutely.

Finance committee  Absolutely.

Finance committee  I'm sorry...?

Finance committee  I would say that my specific organization does not currently have a position on that. We really have an emphasis ourselves in developing northern capacity, and we're really fortunate to have a Yukon-based airline that flies here along with Air Canada and Condor and others. So we'

Finance committee  The tourism industry association is a member with the provincial and territorial industry associations across Canada. This is a priority for all of us. We work with the Tourism Industry Association of Canada and the National Travel and Tourism Coalition and they've done a lot of