The point here is that in Canada we have no regulated minimums related to compensation for delayed flights, we have none for cancelled flights, we have none for a variety of different circumstances. In the EU, they do. The only responsibility of the Canadian airline industry is to tell you what they will do up front. If they tell you up front that they will do nothing, they have met their obligation.
In fact, what many have argued during the course of this debate is that the contract between the airline and the passenger is about a four-page legal document, but the document is not about validating, enforcing, or creating consumer protections. It's about one thing and one thing only, some would argue: it's about limiting the liability of the airlines. There is very little in it that actually enhances consumer protection. That is the extent.
Mr. Watson, the bottom line here for the question you were asked—what the requirements under law are in Canada in this circumstance and others—is that there is next to nothing, except that the airline has the requirement to publish what they will do for you in a particular circumstance. If they publish that they will do nothing, then they have met the requirements.
That does not, in my opinion, provide better protections than those that currently exist in the EU, which give a substantial number of minimum compensatory requirements of airlines to their passengers. That's the EU model.