You can see the problem though. Competition has quite a clear meaning to all members of the public. Public interest, however, is vague, to say the least.
I will now turn to my second topic before my time runs out. I would like to speak to the official from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. I will offer a different example this time. I think we are more likely to agree on the issue of economic development.
In my riding of Trois-Rivières, there is a regional airport that has expanded steadily over the years, first to accommodate those travelling for pleasure, then for a pilot school, an aircraft painting company and now to perform maintenance on some Air Canada aircraft. In short, there has been steady investment in an airport that is growing and contributing to regional development. There are even agreements with airline companies to schedule charter flights.
There is a problem, however, since Bill C-49 stipulates that if we want access to security measures for international travel, we have to pay for them ourselves.
With regard to regional economic development, does it seem fair to you that there should be two types of airports, those for which the cost of services is covered and those that have to pay to offer the same services to their customers?