Would you agree with the witnesses that this environment is making Canadian air travel uncompetitive compared to other jurisdictions? In fact, a witness went on to say that a lot of U.S. carriers will situate themselves at border airports so they can service the Canadian market, because we're a “low-margin, high-tax” environment with a high regulatory burden.
Regulatory burden is a federal responsibility. They're federally regulated airports, and we're hearing from airlines—the reason we're having this study is that we've seen airlines fail—that this burden is an impediment to the choices Canadians are receiving.