Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Dr. Lukács and the team at CATSA, for being with us today.
I think we're here as a committee largely because of the atrocious, dehumanizing and harmful treatment of people with disabilities by Canada's airlines. I sincerely hope that this committee can produce a report with strong recommendations that can lead to real changes that result in the better treatment of people who fly on Canadian airlines.
I do note that Mr. Lepofsky from the Accessibility for Ontarians With Disabilities Act Alliance was supposed to be with us as a witness. Unfortunately, he had technical issues with his sound. I hope that the committee can have him back; I think he'll bring a very important perspective to this study.
I'll start my questions with Dr. Lukács.
Dr. Lukács, you've been an outspoken advocate for air passenger rights writ large. I wonder if you could start by drawing some parallels between the current government's approach to air passenger rights and the current government's approach to regulations around the treatment of people with disabilities who travel.