Thank you for that.
From what I understand, in your opinion, this is a very important service. However, I didn't hear the word “essential”. You probably know that when people say a service is essential, they imply that the government must commit to ensuring that it's provided.
I must admit that I'm very disappointed in your testimony. I'm not angry at you; I'm angry at the government that sent you. I get the feeling that we haven't learned much from you today.
I think the reason we haven't learned much is that Mr. Minister didn't want to appear because there was nothing to say and nothing to announce. You were sent in to skate around the issues, and you're stuck answering parliamentarians' questions but you don't have much to say.
I find that sad, because there are real problems in the regions. You tell us that the minister is interested in air transportation challenges, and then you say that he's working on accessible transportation for people with disabilities. That's an important issue, but I think the regional air transportation problem is a major one. We're going to be doing a study on that shortly.