Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, when the Standing Committee on Governance and Economic Development was traveling in the Northwest Territories and conducting public hearings on the proposed hotel bill that did not pass in this House, we talked about tourism. The vast majority of hotel owners in the Northwest Territories said that they did not see any tourism. If we cannot get them to the communities, then we are not promoting them. If we do not have hotels or handcraft shops in our communities, tourism information facilities or EDOs, what is the point of promoting the Northwest Territories for tourism?
I would like to know of all tourists that the department is aware of that come to the Northwest Territories, where are they going? They are going to the lodges for sure, but they promote their own facilities and their own businesses. I do not have a decent hotel in Lutselk'e. There are no hotels in Fort Resolution. There are bed and breakfasts. Restaurants? None. How are we supposed to take advantage of the great tourism potential in the Northwest Territories, especially in the East Arm of Great Slave Lake? What is the department doing to encourage these facilities and these resources, human resources, so that we can take advantage of tourism in the Northwest Territories, amongst many other economic potential? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.