Finance committee  We'll take them, and we'll support them.

Finance committee  Anyone. Even if they have no command of the English language, we can employ them.

Finance committee  Yes, absolutely. We are grateful.

Finance committee  Yes, it's very helpful. Thank you.

Finance committee  It's a little more involved than that. What we're recommending is that we build a dedicated stream for tourism and hospitality through the temporary foreign worker program. What that means is we will have the predictability that we can get workers in to meet the summer demand.

Finance committee  Thank you so much for that question. The tourism growth strategy that we've been working on in consultation, not just with us, but with that ecosystem that you're referring to.... We've been working on this for 10 months now, alongside our minister and his team. In that strategy

Finance committee  Did you say that I have a few seconds?

Finance committee  We have very technical recommendations that we would be happy to provide to the committee on this front. I do want to acknowledge the government's shift on that program to prioritize our sector in having now allowed 30% for our workforce. I will say that we have never, ever gott

Finance committee  Last summer the sort of recovery in travel was driven by domestic travel. We really just had Canadians circling around Canada. Our international visitation measured by spend was down by 45% over the summer period. We did have some traffic come back, particularly our U.S. visitors

Finance committee  They were central to our industry being closed for that period of time. I think all Canadians believe that many of those restrictions were required at the time with COVID, and we certainly supported them. We did what we needed to do to keep Canadians safe. You are correct that C

Finance committee  I do.

Finance committee  As you asked, I do have that. Let's look at just a hundred-room average hotel. The cost of not having a labour supply is $725,000 in lost revenue for the year. In profit, that's 43% down from a normal year. Rolling that up to an overall industry impact, it would be an annual lo

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  That's an excellent question. It is part of our recommendation that the government look at all of the systems and ways in which people come into the country and effectively prioritize the most in-demand sectors, and we certainly fit that bill. That is one of our primary recommen

Finance committee  That's correct. In a survey of the field yesterday, 50% of our members said that they are limiting hotel room capacity. Of that 50%, 90% are saying that they're limiting up to a quarter, and we're in our off-season today.