One of the things we're good at in Newfoundland and Labrador comes through the federal government, which years ago put in a good ILS system. That gets the airplanes in and out. We do have snowplows, and the roads and runways are cleared very quickly after a snowstorm.
Your constituents do fly in and out of St. John's, I agree, but some of them are complaining to me and to other people as well. The problem is this: you have weather, and after the weather's gone, you've got sunshine, and you get one Embraer or one 737 coming in and trying to take all these passengers out. It takes a week.
The airlines don't jump in and say they're going to put a Boeing 767 or 777 on to clear up the backlog. They would sit and leave your constituents and my residents in an airport, not knowing where to go, when to go, what to do, or anything like that.
I'm afraid, sir, I can't agree with you that this is going to hurt the airline business in Canada any more than it's already been hurt. What went on was cited in the National Post yesterday, and it's got nothing to do with weather; it's who's got the biggest bucks.
I think if we lose sight of that and we don't look after Canadians, it's wrong. I mean, if it works in Europe, then we're not good enough for it. That's the only thing I can take away from it: that Canadians are not good enough to be protected.