Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Canadian Tourism Commission

Quebec City Harper: Lawrence River about 80 kilometres east of Quebec City, according to Huffington Post Canada. Harper said the money will go toward helping the Canadian Tourism Commission partner with provincial bureaus to market Canadian destinations with the goal of attracting an additional 680,000 Americans over the three-year period. Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the announcement on Friday in Grosse-Ile, an island on the St. Tourism officials hope the funding will help create or maintain 2,900 jobs. Harper also announced an additional $5.13 million for Grosse-Ile and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site, located on the island. In 2014 Canada received 11.5 million overnight U.S. tourists, or about 70 per cent of the total number of tourists who stayed overnight in the country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.