Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all of our witnesses who have joined us today. This has been some really powerful, if not troubling, testimony. I think it's really going to strengthen the committee's report.
I also want to thank my colleagues for agreeing to extend the study by a meeting to allow for more testimony from people with lived experience.
I'll start my questions with a fairly general topic. That's the one of prevalence.
We heard from the big airlines at a previous meeting. At the beginning of their presentations, they both cited statistics that seemed to me to be an attempt to minimize the prevalence or perceived prevalence of issues involving accessibility onboard airplanes or at airports.
Perhaps I'll start my questions with Ms. Ziv. I'm not sure if she heard this testimony, but I'm sure she's heard it before because this is a very common refrain from people in the industry.
How is that sort of minimization received by people living with disabilities?
How do we shift that to a more realistic and solutions-oriented message from the people who are really the ones who should be responsible for changing the system?