Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for appearing for a very important study.
I think that Canadians have been very troubled by some of the high-profile stories we've seen in the media, starting with the chief accessibility officer having her wheelchair left behind on one of her flights. I think that was ironic and unacceptable and led to a focus on this issue, which I think is a very important one for this committee to delve into.
I want to start with Dr. Lukács.
We've all seen the stories of passengers who have been forced to drag themselves down the aisle of an aircraft or lift themselves up exterior stairs. Both of those incidents, those two high-profile incidents—perhaps the most graphic incidents in the last number of months.... One occurred in Las Vegas, and one occurred in Mexico.
I guess my question to you is this: How should the Government of Canada—through regulation—and the airlines be forced to address this issue? What are the complications, or should it matter at all, when these incidents are happening to Canadian passengers on Canadian carriers but outside of Canada?