Daryl Dolynny
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Thank you. Go ahead, Minister Ramsay.
Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. We’ll just give a second for the motion to be circulated.
A motion is on the floor.
Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Ramsay.
Page 12-37, information item, Fur Marketing Service Revolving Fund. Any questions?
Thank you, Mr. Bromley. For that we’ll go to Ms. Magrum.
Thank you. Page 12-11, Industry, Tourism and Investment, department summary, information item, active positions, Business Development Investment Corporation.
Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Vician.
Thank you, Mr. Moses. Mr. Ramsay.
Thank you, Mr. Bromley. General comments. Mr. Nadli.
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Today my questions will be for the Minister of ITI.
To set the tune, I guess, for today’s questions, tourism, promotional monies, our territory versus the Yukon. Very similar in nature and I think it’s a great comparison tool. Our territory spends just under $4 million a year and we turn over about $110 million to the economy at about 70,000 guests and people that visit us every year. In retrospect, the Yukon spends twice as much – about $9 million – and they get about $200 million to the economy and over probably four times more visitors.
With that, I want to ask the...