Thanks again for the question.
I think it's important to recognize that smaller communities and smaller airports are vital links for these areas, including indigenous communities. They are important for access to food, supplies, health care and people.
In some cases, of course, small airports or regional airports even play a role in removing barriers to job opportunities for indigenous populations who commute by air to and from their communities to remote job sites in the NWT, in northern Alberta and throughout the north.
Small airports are an essential service for safety and economic and social prosperity, but I think what's really important for airports like this is to access liquidity. With fewer sources of revenue and without an ability to service their debts, these airports need capital to offset the cost of their operations, especially for regulatory compliance.
While there's a federal program for small airports through ACAP, the airport capital assistance program, this program has long been underfunded and does not currently meet the industry's needs at the best of times, let alone during a crisis of the kind we're going through with COVID-19.