I want to thank the member from Thunder Bay–Atikokan. Since joining our caucus, he has been a tremendous influence. He has presided over consultations that are bringing home to bear an important sector emerging in northern Ontario, and that is the film and television industry.

At the last NOHFC meeting, we announced more than $6 million for film and television production. Some of those resources are going to support production companies that would book no more than 10 major productions moving forward. That’s significant, Mr. Speaker. If you look at the numbers, we’ve invested more than half a billion dollars in the new-look Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, which has leveraged more than $1.82 billion in investment and created more than 7,500 jobs. The film and television stream of the NOHFC has been redesigned to expand the industry across northern Ontario, create more jobs and create better film and television seen the world over.

The member is on to something. We saw first-hand how this helps local residents. Young people are going to college in northern Ontario to work on stages in northern Ontario. From construction to production, from stagehands to stars, from the landscape to “lights, camera, action,” people in the filming sector are talking about Hollywood North, Mr. Speaker; it’s just that it’s Hollywood Northern Ontario.