Colin Mayes at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

On June 2nd, 2009. See this statement in context.

June 2nd, 2009 / 4:30 p.m.

Conservative

Colin Mayes Conservative Okanagan—Shuswap, BC

You mentioned earlier that the airlines pay user fees for airport improvement and that type of thing. I guess they are reflective of the number of flights taken in at an airport.

I know the challenges, because in the Vancouver area the cruise ship lines have told us that they are losing half of their cruise ship passengers to Seattle simply because a passenger can fly to Seattle for $300 less than flying into Vancouver.

See context to find out what was said next.