Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ms. Lee already said I do not know, but I have to disappoint her and tell her that I do know.
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I tell you, the first thing I am going to do is a lot of consultation with people in the tourism industry because I think the operators, the business people out there, can give me the best advice on where the money should go.
My own preference in talking with business people is I think it should go in two areas. One being marketing the Northwest Territories as a destination and second is building regional capacity. I look at the tremendous work that one of our operators, Bill Tait, who runs Raven Tours, has done. We have now about 10,000 Japanese coming to the Northwest Territories. He has made a huge, tremendous contribution to the Northwest Territories and to our economy through that. Where, just through the natural beauty of the Northwest Territories, not just in Yellowknife, but everywhere is unique. We can do the same thing with German tourists. We could do the same thing with all Europeans, with Americans, even with many Canadians.
I look at the beauty of the Lutselk'e area, the East Arm. That is something that you do not find anywhere else in the world. I believe that the industry people, the same way Mr. Tait did, with some support from our government, can do a tremendous job working with local people to bring a lot more tourists into the North, so we do not just have government people staying in the hotels.
This is a tremendous opportunity for us to break away from our dependence on the federal government. Thank you.
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