Thank you, Mr. Chair, and to our witnesses for being with us today. It might not be quite as exciting as the Fortnite game that Ms. Frison's son is partaking in, but we'll try to make it as interesting as possible.
I want to go back to something that Ms. Jaczek started discussing, and that is the sale of the middle seat and physical distancing on airplanes.
I was remembering back to June. We had Minister Garneau before our committee, and we spoke specifically about physical distancing. In his remarks, if I recall correctly, he said that physical distancing is the most important thing. He really highlighted its importance in terms of keeping people safe from the transmission on aircrafts. Then, sometime after that, we had the international airline industry advocating for that restriction to be loosened. Eventually, Transport Canada went along with that, and they started selling the middle seats.
I'm wondering if that was done in consultation with PHAC, whether it was at the advice of the agency and whether that was a move that increased or decreased people's safety on these airplanes. Given the minister's earlier remarks, it seems that this was noted when it occurred and they started selling the middle seats.
Could you speak to that process? Was this something that your agency agreed was safe to do?