Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and thank you to our witnesses for joining us here this evening. It's good to change our focus now and discuss Bill C-49 within the context of our aviation industry.
Similar to our earlier hearings, we do appreciate your being here to provide your comments to the committee and ensure that we have the information we need to reach our goal, which I think is a shared goal, of ensuring that Bill C-49 strikes the right balance in meeting the needs and concerns of both the airlines and the customers they serve. I'm going to dig in quickly to the questions I have, because I know that the five or six minutes I have goes by very quickly.
First, to Air Canada, regarding the cost of screening at airports, are you concerned that the proposals in Bill C-49 amount to what we could call an extra tax on the flying public?