Again, Minister, the burden of paying for your system is going to be on the passengers themselves, because the airlines will simply pass it on to them.
Minister, this morning, CBC reported on four cases where Air Canada denied compensation based on safety-related maintenance, even though the functioning aircraft originally assigned to those flights were reassigned elsewhere. Air Canada acknowledges that these were commercial decisions.
Does swapping a working aircraft to another route qualify as a safety exemption, yes or no?