Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My department is working on finalizing the exact number of hotel beds in the Northwest Territories in establishing for more rooms. There are roughly 1,100 to 1,200, plus some new ones being built right now, but we will get more specific information.
Mr. Speaker, the Member just made reference to the fact that there are not many tourists staying in hotels in the small communities. That is what I want to fix. We want more than just government employees staying in those hotels. We want to see tourists in there. But in order to do that, we have to market. We have to provide regional support, and that is what this tax is going to do. This is an investment in tourism. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.