Mr. Chairman, it's a territorial park and it has very important historical significance. Not only that, but it will make a great tourist attraction. We don't know what kind of numbers we're going to get. The intention here is not the amount of money we're going to make out of it, but at least it will attract tourists to come to that park. In terms of tourists coming to that part of the country, they will then spend their dollars in the surrounding communities to generate revenue that way. So I don't know the spin-off. Once we build it and once we advertise it, we anticipate that the whole tourism industry will be enhanced by that because people are looking for destinations and if we advertise it through the trade shows and through the trade business, I think it will become a destination. That way we will generate revenue for the surrounding economy. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Bill 3: Appropriation Act, 2003-2004
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Bill 3: Appropriation Act, 2003-2004
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 6th, 2003
Page 566
Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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