That's a very good question and it's really at the heart of our discussions currently.
I do want to stress that when we did cease services to many of our Atlantic Canadian cities, we did brief the premiers of those four provinces in advance, and we did so as transparently as possible.
Obviously, I don't speak for them, but the feedback in those communities was, obviously, devastating. We can think about Gander, and we can think about Sydney.
WestJet investments fundamentally altered the affordability and connectivity to these communities in that region. People in that region remember what it was like before WestJet brought low fares and competition. That competition has really brought air travel to life in Atlantic Canada.
In terms of restoring routes, the policies put in place by the provincial governments there—and they are under no illusions about this, and I don't mean this in a combative way—are not designed to bring our investments there and to bring our guests there. It's the opposite. We understand that. We very reluctantly decided to cease services up to 80% and to cancel service to some cities.
Mr. Rogers, I think it really depends again on the operating environment that the premiers and the Prime Minister and the governments want to implement, and if we can have a domestic framework in queue to develop in this country under which your premier and members of your provincial caucus can say that they will be comfortable with Canadians visiting Newfoundland and Labrador when the COVID level is x, or when this percentage of the population is vaccinated.
I think if we get some certainty or a safe plan around that, it's what's going to be the biggest factor, but I also want to assure you that serving and investing in communities is not something the government has to extract from us. It's something we love doing and want to do.