Thank you for being here. As you may have noticed yourselves, some people find we go too far and others that we are not going far enough. We are trying to collectively find a middle ground.
I would like to make a few comments and ask a few questions. First of all, your document is well written, quite succinct, readable, accessible, you make compelling arguments, and as my colleague mentioned, the comparison with other countries is interesting.
In reading your brief, it would seem that you are saying that Transport Canada already has a compensation fund for international chartered flights. Some people are wondering whether that will have a financial effect on airlines. Could that mean for instance that we may see an effect on the cost of flights because the money stays in transit for a period of time? If I have understood you correctly, you are in fact recommending broadening the scope of the Transportation Act section dealing with international chartered flights and to apply that to all flights. We can start with that question.