Canada’s new law will help tourism — and maybe change society

By Terry Prone

Partly because they're not used to being in the news, and while some people like Mr Gogarty can spend almost a century in obscurity and then take to fame like native speakers, most are not comfortable with sudden fame.

SARS put Canada on the front pages, worldwide, in a way it will never forget, not least because it kicked its tourism industry in the shins.