The noise problem at airports is first and foremost the responsibility of airport authorities. In Montreal, they face the same situation. In fact, on the island of Montreal, there is the same problem at the Montreal-Trudeau Airport. If we call on citizens to appear before the committee to resolve the issue, that could seriously impede our work.
I have no objections to discussing the issue, but the airport authorities are really the only witnesses we can call to appear with regard to the noise issue, in order for them to explain why they made changes to their air paths, etc. Regarding the Montreal-Trudeau Airport, there are petitions with thousands of signatures. If we call on people to appear before the committee, they will all come and tell us that the situation has to change and the airport needs to be shuttered. So that is not an option. We would have to find another way to go about this. We, as committee members, cannot solve the problem, especially since those independent airport authorities were established by the Liberals themselves.
Therefore, we need to study the issue as a committee and see how the problem can be resolved.