Okay. Just taking it aside now, I'm just trying to understand this concept, Mr. Chairman. Japanese people are going to fly all the way to Fairbanks at a certain amount of value, and then we're going to convince them, for maybe 500 bucks, to fly all the way to Yellowknife after they've already seen the aurora. I'm just trying to understand the principle of it. I'm not saying discussions are bad or something, I'm just trying to understand how do we entice them now to get on another plane to fly further east just to look at aurora, and then get back on that plane, fly back to maybe Fairbanks or Anchorage, and then get back on their plane to fly to Japan. So I'm just trying to understand how that works. If I was, which I am going to, if I was to suggest an idea, I would say why don't we consider concepts about trying to open up a corridor? You know, the old build it and they will come? Well, why don't we try to open up a corridor from Vancouver where we help take some of the JTB middlemen out of the equation? It's really cutting into the profits of all three of our major operators, and that's really playing a big role because if we can get some of this tourism industry into Vancouver, all three of our major operators can benefit as a whole. Personally, I'd like to see them all benefit because what's good for one is good for them all. I mean it would probably run around $40,000 to get a plane in the air to go there and back and if we could find some ways to work these things out, because we're going to spend a lot of money...or I fear that we'll spend a lot of money and focus trying to get the leftovers in Fairbanks as opposed to somebody fresh in Vancouver who hasn't seen them, and going back to the substantial difference the Japanese people say about the quality of the aurora in the Northwest Territories versus elsewhere. My fear is we're going to spend a lot of focus on trying to get leftover people in Fairbanks to come the rest of the way when they've already seen it, and they'd be, well, why would we bother if we've already seen it. So what about the focus about trying to create a bit of an aurora connector sort of flight between Vancouver and Yellowknife? Thank you.
Robert Hawkins on Committee Motion 47-15(5): Increased Investment In Tourism, Carried
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Committee Motion 47-15(5): Increased Investment In Tourism, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 5th, 2007
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