Finance committee  Thank you. I would comment that these are our members, actually, that are supporting that. All brands have hotels in that market and they are actually part of that decision. We'd support that. I'm just not sure if there is a position from the Hotel Association of Canada.

Finance committee  No, they wouldn't pay. There is no mechanism to collect that fee. To my knowledge, I don't believe they pay into any initiatives in their communities.

Finance committee  Each community makes its own decision on that. I'm not sure. I can defer to Alana from the Hotel Association to see if we actually have a national position on that, but it's really a local issue. It certainly serves a purpose. It allows a fund to be generated that can support mor

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Julian. Through the chair, I'll just make a quick comment, and then I'll hand it over to Alana. As for Airbnb and these sharing platforms, we're not opposed to the growth of those or the success of those. What we want is some tax fairness. We think the hotel busi

Finance committee  I think in our submission here we talked about 10,000 jobs. That would be the number I'd give you. In regard to the shortage, you'd immediately think of seasonal work at high-volume tourist operations like Banff Springs and those kinds of places, but the reality is that there's

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, members of Parliament. Good afternoon, and thank you for the opportunity to be here today. My name is Jonathan Lund. I am the vice-chair of the Hotel Association of Canada. In my day job I am a regional vice-president with InterContinental H