Mr. Chairman, I don't have that number in front of me here, but we can get it very quickly for the Member. Let me say that I recognize the pressure that the sector is under. There are some things that have befallen Japanese tourism across the country. It is down across the country. It has been down for some time. I think somewhat we were insulated from that for awhile but that has caught up to us. There are a number of factors: the strength of our dollar; Mr. Chairman, certainly competition from Alaska; competition from the Yukon; somewhat Alberta, Scandinavian countries; our lack of competitive infrastructure as it relates to being able to land charters. We can't handle international flights, as Members know. There are some things that we need to do as a government. We have commissioned a study with the Department of Transportation to talk about what upgrades required to our airport would be to accommodate larger aircraft. We are looking into that.
Mr. Chairman, I have also met with the Commissioner of industry in Alaska and with the industry association for tourism in Alaska to talk about potential partnerships in the aurora viewing business. They are amenable to future discussions. Of course, I am sure that all jurisdictions would consider certain things proprietary. There is some competitive nature to this obviously, but I think there is some merit in cooperation in trying to grow the entire pie and we are going to focus on that in our planning future discussion with Alaska as the key other jurisdiction that has had the biggest impact over the last year as they have reasserted themselves and refocused on this industry in
which they used to be quite active in in Fairbanks. It lapsed for some time, but they are back in a big way. So I think there is a real need to sit down with them and understand what they are doing and understand how we might cooperate. The exact number of dollars for loans, we will provide that, but we can't give that to the Member here tonight. Thank you.