Thank you, Chair.
Mr. Gibbons, it's very nice to see you. I want to applaud WestJet's zero-tolerance policy on those not wearing masks, which I saw implemented in front of me on my most recent trip home from Ottawa. It is enforced. I saw someone marched off the plane as the rest of the plane applauded.
I want to talk to you first about one of your last points, the YYC pilot project. As you know, as the official opposition, we have been calling repeatedly not only for a plan but a plan with rapid testing on arrival and departure as a cornerstone of this plan, yet we have not see this government implement it. They've come down with a sledgehammer as a result of their incapacity and inability to implement these other tools earlier within the pandemic, and of course now we're seeing this with the horrific vaccine rollout.
Could you please comment, first of all, on why you think this pilot project wasn't implemented, and second, on what it has been like to implement these travel restrictions with very little notice? First there was the 72-hour PCR test requirement on December 31, which was only implemented seven days later, and now there are these incredible travel restrictions that Canadians and, most importantly, the airline sector are suffering through in a rush to implement.