Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I do want to thank all the witnesses today for their testimony and their participation in this study.
I'll say firstly and bluntly that the outcome of this study is that it becomes no longer the responsibility of persons with disabilities to accommodate airlines and airports. It is now the time to put that responsibility on the airlines and airports to accommodate persons with disabilities, period.
With that said, in committee, the testimony does not belong to us. The analysts don't hear us; they hear you. What comes out in the draft report to members of the committee are those thoughts and recommendations from you. My attempt, today is going to be to draw out from you what those thoughts and recommendations are.
With that said, I have one question. You're at the manufacturer. You're in their building, and you're building that airplane. How do you expect those airlines, which become the owners of those airplanes, to accommodate you with respect to how those airplanes are built?
We recognize, when we go into public spaces, that accommodations are made for people with disabilities, whether it's a restaurant, a public building or here in Parliament on the Hill. We all recognize that airlines—especially airlines—are far from that responsibility. How do we bring them up to 2024 with respect to accommodating you on airplanes?
I'll start off with Mr. Brault.