Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, Minister, for being here this afternoon.
Minister, airlines such as Air Canada, Delta, WestJet, United, etc., have smaller aircraft that feed their hub airports, and then they have the larger aircraft that move people around the country as well as the globe.
Over the past 10 years, has there been an increase in the number of smaller aircraft operating in Canada with the growth of Porter, the creation of WestJet Encore, and Air Canada Express?
Would that growth in the number of smaller aircraft mean more maintenance jobs serving those airlines as well as those aircraft?