Mr. Chair, I agree absolutely with the gentleman when he says that aviation safety and the quality of the infrastructures are very closely linked. I completely agree. As the Auditor General has just said, even although the two are very linked, the central reason for his audit is not aviation safety, because Transport Canada looks after aviation safety. This is about the ability of the airports to operate with more means and in ideal meteorological conditions, if I may put it that way.
I absolutely agree with the framing of the connection between these two. As a deputy minister of Transport Canada since early 2016, I find it a little difficult to tell you in the first person exactly what was happening back in 2011, but I can say that I think the assessment that there is an unmet need is absolutely fair and right and that it is incumbent on the Government of Canada, and in particular Transport Canada,
… to lead discussions, to lead development projects and partnerships in order to respond appropriately to the deficiencies in air infrastructures in the remote communities of the north.